NASDAQ$JBLU

JetBlue Airways Corp · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

JetBlue's fourth quarter revenue and costs surpassed expectations, with a focus on restoring profitability through new revenue and cost initiatives in 2024.

JetBlue reported a net loss of $104 million for Q4 2023, but revenue and costs beat expectations. The company is implementing $300 million in revenue initiatives to return to profitability. They also reached an agreement to defer ~$2.5 billion of planned aircraft capital expenditures.

  • Fourth quarter revenue and costs beat expectations.
  • Reached agreement to defer ~$2.5 billion of planned aircraft capital expenditures.
  • Focused on restoring profitability through new revenue and cost initiatives in 2024.
  • Delivered excellent operational performance in the fourth quarter with a completion factor of 99.8%, JetBlue’s best fourth quarter completion factor since 2004.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$2.33B

Previous: $2.42B-3.7%
EPS (adj)

-$0.19

Previous: $0.22-186.4%
Load Factor

80.1%

Previous: 83.2%-3.7%
Average Fare

$211.83

Previous: $216.20-2.0%
Yield per Passenger Mile

$15.89

No prior period
Passenger Revenue per ASM

$12.73

No prior period
Operating Revenue per ASM

$13.67

No prior period
Operating Expense per ASM

$14.06

No prior period
Average Fuel Cost per Gallon

$3.08

Previous: $3.70-16.8%
Available Seat Miles

17.0B

No prior period
Aircraft Utilization (hrs/day)

10.5

No prior period
Net Income

-$104M

Previous: $24M-533.3%
Operating Income

-$67M

Previous: $43M-255.8%
Gross Profit

$411M

Previous: $514M-20.0%
Stock-Based Comp

$8M

Previous: $5M+60.0%

Revenue & EPS history

JetBlue · Revenue · Quarterly

$2.33B

Q4 2023-3.7%vs Q4 2022
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 anticipates positive momentum in revenue growth for 2024, with strong demand during peak periods. The company plans to refine its network and product offering to better serve leisure customers and diversify revenues.

Tailwinds

  • Seeing positive momentum in our revenue growth.
  • Demand during peak periods remains strong.
  • Continue to manage our capacity during off-peak periods to reflect evolving demand trends.
  • Plan to continue to refine our network
  • Plan to refine our product offering to better serve our leisure customers while diversifying revenues with margin-accretive initiatives

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 Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

-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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