NASDAQ$SNCY

Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc · Q2 2024 earnings

Q2 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported eighth consecutive profitable quarter with GAAP EPS of $0.03 and adjusted EPS of $0.06, despite a soft domestic revenue environment and late-June operational challenges.

Sun Country Airlines reported a net income of approximately $2 million and income before income tax of $3 million, on $254 million of revenue. GAAP operating income during the quarter was $12 million, while adjusted operating income was $14 million, operating margin was 4.9% and adjusted operating margin was 5.5%.

  • Entered into a revised Air Transport Services Agreement with Amazon that includes an extension of the agreement through 2030 with options to further extend through 2037.
  • The agreement also includes the addition of eight new freighter aircraft to our fleet and revised economics reflecting the realities of the post-pandemic cost environment.
  • Launched a new mobile app to enhance the travel experience for Sun Country customers.
  • Extended the selling schedule through April 29, 2025 which includes more than 55 nonstop destinations from Minneapolis-St Paul next winter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$254M

Previous: $261M-2.6%
EPS

$0.03

Previous: $0.40-92.5%
Adjusted Operating Income Margin

5.5%

No prior period
Scheduled Service TRASM

$10.03

No prior period
Adjusted CASM

$7.49

Previous: $7.88-4.9%
Total System Block Hours

37.3K

No prior period
Scheduled Service ASMs

1.7B

No prior period
Charter Block Hours

5.1K

No prior period
Cargo Block Hours

8.4K

No prior period
Scheduled Service Load Factor

83.1%

No prior period
Total Fare Per Scheduled Passenger

$141.71

No prior period
Ancillary Revenue Per Passenger

$66.24

No prior period
Average Base Fare Per Passenger

$75.47

No prior period
Total Revenue Per ASM

$10.89

Previous: $12.93-15.8%
CASM

$12.03

No prior period
Fuel Cost Per Gallon

$2.86

Previous: $2.71+5.5%
Adjusted EBITDA

$37.60

No prior period
Adjusted EBITDA Margin

14.8%

No prior period
Daily Utilization

7.5

No prior period
Operating Income Margin

4.9%

No prior period
Pre-tax Margin

1.2%

No prior period
Adjusted Pre-tax Margin

1.8%

No prior period
Revenue Passenger Miles

1.4B

No prior period
Revenue Passengers Carried

1.2M

No prior period
Scheduled Service Departures

7.7K

No prior period
Scheduled Service Block Hours

23.4K

No prior period
Charter Departures

2.5K

No prior period
Charter Available Seat Miles

309.9M

No prior period
Cargo Departures

3.2K

No prior period
Average Passenger Aircraft

42.2

No prior period
Passenger Aircraft End of Period

44

No prior period
Cargo Aircraft End of Period

12

No prior period
Leased Aircraft End of Period

7

No prior period
Total Available Seat Miles

2.0B

No prior period
Total Departures

13.6K

No prior period
Average Stage Length

1.1K

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$38.2M

Previous: -$192M+80.1%
Free Cash Flow

-$36.4M

Previous: -$172M+78.8%
Net Income

$1.81M

Previous: $20.6M-91.2%
Operating Income

$12.4M

Previous: $35.6M-65.3%
Gross Profit

-$75.9M

Previous: -$66.1M-14.8%
Cash & Equivalents

$26.9M

Previous: $86.9M-69.1%
Total Assets

$1.6B

Previous: $1.63B-1.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Sun Country Airlines · Revenue · Quarterly

$254M

Q2 2024-2.6%vs Q2 2023
Beat estimate in 7 of 16 quarters(44%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Sun Country Airlines · $249M total across 5 segments · Q3 2023

  • Scheduled Service
    $96.5M-5.6%
  • Ancillary
    $70.4M+40.1%
  • Charter Service
    $47.4M+10.6%
  • Cargo
    $26.1M+10.0%
  • Other
    $8.46M+219.0%

Forward guidance

Guidance for Third Quarter 2024

Tailwinds

  • Total revenue between $245 to $255 million.
  • Total system block hours between 36.5 to 37.5 thousands, a 5% to 8% increase year-over-year.

Headwinds

  • Operating income margin between 3% to 5%.
  • Economic fuel cost per gallon of $2.82, an 11% decrease year-over-year.
  • Effective tax rate of 23%.

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2024

Historical avgQ2 2024

-0.5%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.2%

Avg return

5 days after

-1.7%

Avg return

30 days after

65%

17 / 26 earnings

Positive

+13.3%

Q3 2022

Best reaction

-22.0%

Q2 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+1.4%+6.8%
Q4 2025+12.6%+7.6%-16.3%
Q3 2025+6.5%+12.4%+29.1%
Q2 2025-11.0%-8.9%+14.3%
Q1 2025+0.3%+14.7%+18.2%
Q4 2024-0.9%+8.3%-8.0%
Q3 2024+11.7%+14.6%+14.4%
Q2 2024-15.8%-18.0%-16.2%
Q1 2024-19.3%-18.1%-25.3%
Q4 2023+6.3%+1.0%+8.8%
Q3 2023-3.6%-2.9%+32.3%
Q2 2023-22.0%-24.8%-29.1%
Q1 2023+8.1%-2.6%+0.7%
Q4 2022+12.5%+13.1%+8.3%
Q3 2022+13.3%+16.3%+24.1%
Q2 2022-10.9%-4.9%+0.4%
Q1 2022-11.5%-15.8%-26.2%
Q4 2021+4.2%+8.6%-7.9%
Q3 2020+1.0%+8.2%-15.6%
Q3 2021+1.0%+8.2%-15.6%
Q2 2020+0.4%-4.8%-4.3%
Q2 2021+0.4%-4.8%-4.3%
Q1 2020+1.9%-5.9%-6.5%
Q4 2020+1.9%-5.9%-6.5%
Q4 2019+1.9%-5.9%-6.5%
Q1 2021-4.5%-2.0%-3.5%
Q1 2019
Q1 2018

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