NASDAQ$JBLU

JetBlue Airways Corp · Q3 2024 earnings

Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Exceeded third quarter expectations and was on track to hit full-year targets, progressing on roll-out and execution of JetForward strategy.

JetBlue Airways Corporation reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024, meeting or exceeding all financial targets and progressing on the implementation of the JetForward strategy. The company saw a double digit increase in customer satisfaction year-over-year and a positive year-over-year unit revenue performance.

  • Improved adjusted operating margin by ~five points year-over-year to (0.4)%.
  • Delivered improved operational performance with a completion factor of ~98%, up from ~96% in 3Q23.
  • Third quarter year-over-year unit revenue increased by 4.3%, underpinned by healthy demand in peak periods, improved close-in bookings, competitive capacity moderation in the Latin region and self-help capacity measures.
  • Ended the quarter with ~$4.1 billion in liquidity, excluding our undrawn $600 million revolving credit facility.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$2.37B

Previous: $2.35B+0.5%
EPS

-$0.17

Previous: -$0.39+56.4%
Average Stage Length (mi)

1.3K

No prior period
Operating Margin

-1.6%

No prior period
Pre-tax Margin

-3.3%

No prior period
Load Factor

86.6%

Previous: 85.1%+1.8%
Average Fare

$207.46

No prior period
Yield per Passenger Mile

$15.17

No prior period
Passenger Revenue per ASM

$13.13

No prior period
Operating Expense per ASM

$14.35

No prior period
CASM ex-Fuel

$10.62

No prior period
Average Fuel Cost per Gallon

$2.67

No prior period
Revenue Passengers

10.6M

No prior period
Revenue Passenger Miles

14.5B

No prior period
Available Seat Miles

16.7B

No prior period
Aircraft Utilization (hrs/day)

10.2

No prior period
Departures

80.0K

No prior period
Avg. Operating Aircraft

286

No prior period
Fuel Gallons Consumed

219.0M

No prior period
Fuel Efficiency (ASMs/gal)

77

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$285M

Previous: -$316M+9.8%
Free Cash Flow

-$60M

Previous: -$153M+60.8%
Net Income

-$60M

Previous: -$153M+60.8%
Operating Income

-$38M

Previous: -$156M+75.6%
Gross Profit

-$781M

Previous: -$881M+11.4%
Cash & Equivalents

$2.59B

Previous: $973M+166.6%
Total Assets

$16.6B

Previous: $13.4B+24.0%
Stock-Based Comp

$9M

Previous: $9M+0.0%

Revenue & EPS history

JetBlue · Revenue · Quarterly

$2.37B

Q3 2024+0.5%vs Q3 2023
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

JetBlue · $1.74B total across 2 segments · Q1 2022

  • Passenger
    $1.6B+139.3%
  • Other
    $133M+111.1%

Forward guidance

JetBlue expects unit revenue growth to remain positive and sequentially consistent when adjusting for the CrowdStrike benefit in the third quarter and the negative impacts of Hurricane Milton and the election in the fourth quarter.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2024

Historical avgQ3 2024

-2.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

-2.7%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.8%

Avg return

30 days after

40%

27 / 68 earnings

Positive

+13.3%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-25.7%

Q4 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+1.8%-1.6%+8.7%
Q4 2025-6.1%-4.1%+14.2%
Q3 2025-12.3%-11.0%-4.2%
Q1 2025+2.7%+17.0%+24.3%
Q4 2024-25.7%-18.7%-19.7%
Q3 2024-23.1%-21.2%-18.6%
Q2 2024+8.1%-6.2%-15.9%
Q1 2024-21.3%-23.0%-25.4%
Q4 2023-3.5%+4.4%+17.8%
Q3 2023-12.1%+4.5%+5.2%
Q2 2023-11.2%-14.0%-23.8%
Q1 2023+0.9%+4.7%+0.1%
Q4 2022-5.2%-4.9%-3.1%
Q3 2022-1.1%+2.9%+5.2%
Q2 2022+0.0%+1.0%-10.4%
Q1 2022-14.0%-15.7%-18.8%
Q4 2021+2.9%+10.1%+14.9%
Q3 2021-4.4%-4.8%-1.9%
Q2 2021-4.7%-8.0%-5.6%
Q1 2021-2.7%-1.0%-0.1%
Q4 2020-2.3%-1.7%+25.5%
Q3 2020-11.5%-4.7%+26.0%
Q2 2020-2.7%+1.1%+13.4%
Q1 2020+13.3%+0.5%+70.7%
Q4 2019+4.3%+2.4%+4.1%
Q3 2019+7.8%+7.1%+6.3%
Q2 2019+3.2%+2.2%-5.0%
Q1 2019+8.1%+7.7%+4.5%
Q4 2018+2.7%+5.1%-0.1%
Q3 2018-4.5%-1.8%+8.9%
Q2 2018-13.1%-8.9%-4.6%
Q1 2018-3.7%-3.2%-4.4%
Q4 2017-7.0%-6.3%-3.3%
Q3 2017-0.8%-2.5%+0.1%
Q2 2017-3.0%-3.1%-15.0%
Q1 2017+2.3%+0.4%+4.9%
Q4 2016-9.7%-9.9%-10.1%
Q3 2016-6.4%-7.9%+11.9%
Q2 2016+7.4%+6.1%-7.3%
Q1 2016+1.1%
Q4 2015+0.3%
Q3 2015-6.0%
Q2 2015+2.6%
Q1 2015+5.2%
Q4 2014+6.5%
Q3 2014-2.0%
Q2 2014+1.2%
Q1 2014-7.8%
Q4 2013+2.8%
Q3 2013-4.2%
Q2 2013-1.7%
Q1 2013-3.6%
Q4 2012+1.0%
Q3 2012+0.4%
Q2 2012-1.3%
Q1 2012-0.2%
Q4 2008-1.2%
Q4 2011-1.2%
Q3 2011+3.5%
Q2 2011-3.4%
Q1 2011+1.7%
Q4 2010+0.9%
Q3 2010+1.0%
Q3 2009+1.0%
Q4 2009-1.9%
Q2 2009-1.9%
Q2 2010-1.9%
Q1 2010-0.9%

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