Shares of Southwest Airways Co. (NYSE: LUV) rose over 1% on Monday. The inventory has gained 7% over the previous three months. The airline is slated to report its fourth quarter 2024 earnings outcomes on Thursday, January 30, earlier than market open. Right here’s a have a look at what to anticipate from the earnings report:
Income
Analysts are projecting income of $6.95 billion for Southwest in This fall 2024, which suggests a progress of round 2% from the identical quarter a 12 months in the past. Within the third quarter of 2024, working revenues elevated over 5% year-over-year to $6.87 billion.
Earnings
The consensus estimate for earnings per share in This fall 2024 is $0.46, which compares to adjusted EPS of $0.37 reported in This fall 2023. In Q3 2024, adjusted EPS decreased 60% YoY to $0.15.
Factors to notice
In an investor replace final month, Southwest revised its steerage for the fourth quarter of 2024. The corporate now expects unit revenues to extend 5.5-7.0% year-over-year versus the earlier vary of three.5-5.5%. The revised outlook relies on better-than-expected leisure journey demand and advantages from income administration methods.
The corporate has been taking measures to enhance its community optimization and capability rationalization and to advance its income administration methods. These efforts have been yielding advantages. Its vacation journey traits and ahead bookings have been encouraging and robust income traits are anticipated to hold into 2025.
Capability is predicted to be down round 4% year-over-year. Working bills per obtainable seat mile, excluding gas and oil expense, particular gadgets, and profit-sharing, or CASM-X, is predicted to be up 11-13% YoY. Financial gas prices per gallon at the moment are anticipated to be $2.35-2.45 versus the earlier vary of $2.25-2.35.
