Stocks · Industrials · Airlines, Airports & Air Services
JetBlue Airways Corporation JBLU
$4.15 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.57B
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 28.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 36% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 22%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 19%
- Gross marginTop 15%
- Operating marginBottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Interest coverBottom 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 5%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 3%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 39%
- 6-month returnBottom 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 32%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 36%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.5% | 4.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 24.1% | 46.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -2.1% | -5.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -13.6% | -11.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.0% | -0.5% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Gross margin | 46.8% | 24.1% | ↑ | Top 15% |
| Operating margin | -5.9% | -2.1% | ↓ | Bottom 16% |
| Net margin | -9.3% | -4.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -11.9% | -13.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -4.0% | — | Bottom 19% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.4% | — | Bottom 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +16.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 28.01×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -2.11%
- Shareholder yield
- -2.11%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -4.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -5.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $5.89
- Target vs current price
- +41.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 37
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 19%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +4.7% | +10.5% | +14.7% | -8.8% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | -20.8% | +1.2% | -3.0% | +6.9% | +1.0% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | -8.9% | -6.9% | +3.7% | +12.8% | +0.0% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +8.0% | -11.9% | -11.4% | -10.8% | +11.9% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +48.4% | +6.7% | -0.5% | +20.4% | +6.9% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +3.3% | +2.7% | +14.7% | +33.2% | +7.1% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | +50.0% | -25.7% | -25.3% | -20.1% | -52.0% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +24.2% | -17.1% | -22.0% | -16.4% | +10.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | -$0.66 | -$0.69 | +4.7% | $2.70B |
| Apr 28, 2026 | -$0.87 | -$0.72 | -20.8% | $2.24B |
| Jan 27, 2026 | -$0.49 | -$0.45 | -8.9% | $2.24B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | -$0.40 | -$0.43 | +8.0% | $2.32B |
| Jul 29, 2025 | -$0.16 | -$0.31 | +48.4% | $2.36B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | -$0.59 | -$0.61 | +3.3% | $2.14B |
| Jan 28, 2025 | -$0.21 | -$0.42 | +50.0% | $2.28B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | -$0.16 | -$0.21 | +24.2% | $2.37B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 33.7× | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| EV / Sales | 0.98× | — | — | Top 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -72.10% | — | — | Bottom 3% |
| Earnings yield | -58.07% | — | — | Bottom 5% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.3%
- RSI (14)
- 34.8
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 52.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 41th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.92
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -35.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | Apr 16, 2025 | -84.2% | 1028 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -17.3% | 3 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | -12.7% | 13 days | 29 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | -10.9% | 3 days | 7 days (Nov 23, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.57B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.41
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.50B
- 52-week range
- $3.87 – $6.62
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.04B | $9.16B | $9.62B | $9.28B | $9.06B |
| Gross profit | $890.0M | $1.97B | $2.32B | $2.29B | $3.07B |
| Operating income | -$80.0M | -$298.0M | -$230.0M | -$684.0M | -$368.0M |
| Net income | -$182.0M | -$362.0M | -$310.0M | -$795.0M | -$602.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.57 | -$1.12 | -$0.93 | -$2.29 | -$1.66 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.37B | $2.28B | $2.14B | $2.36B | $2.32B | $2.24B | $2.24B | $2.70B |
| Net income | -$60.0M | -$44.0M | -$208.0M | -$74.0M | -$143.0M | -$177.0M | -$319.0M | -$247.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.17 | -$0.13 | -$0.59 | -$0.20 | -$0.39 | -$0.48 | -$0.87 | -$0.67 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.64B | $379.0M | $400.0M | $144.0M | -$94.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$995.0M | -$923.0M | -$1.21B | -$1.62B | -$1.12B |
| Free cash flow | $647.0M | -$544.0M | -$806.0M | -$1.48B | -$1.22B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $38.0M | $46.0M | $49.0M | $54.0M | $44.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.02B
- Total assets
- $16.37B
- Total liabilities
- $14.78B
- Total debt
- $9.39B
- Net debt
- $7.73B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.59B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 95,986,917
- Days to cover
- 5.06
- Change vs previous report
- +3.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 27, 2005
- 3-for-2
- Nov 21, 2003
- 3-for-2
- Dec 13, 2002
- 3-for-2