雅虎香港財經 Compared to Estimates, Allegiant Travel (ALGT) Q1 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
Allegiant Travel (ALGT) reported $656.41 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 1%. EPS of $0.57 for the same period compares to $3.04 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $648.38 million, representing a surprise of +1.24%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +11.76%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.51.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Allegiant Travel performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Total system statistics - Available seat miles (ASMs): 4,771.97 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of 4,733.39 million.
Scheduled service statistics - Available seat miles (ASMs): 4,636.92 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of 4,626.7 million.
Total system statistics - Average fuel cost per gallon: 3.03 $/gal compared to the 2.92 $/gal average estimate based on three analysts.
Scheduled service statistics - Total passenger revenue per ASM (TRASM): 13.23 cents compared to the 13.48 cents average estimate based on two analysts.
Scheduled service statistics - Average fare - scheduled service: $74.98 versus $72.12 estimated by two analysts on average.
Total system statistics - Passengers: 4,104,860 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 4,193,769.
Scheduled service statistics - Load factor: 83.8% versus 84.2% estimated by two analysts on average.
Total system statistics - Airline operating CASM, excluding fuel: 9.18 cents versus 9.34 cents estimated by two analysts on average.
Total system statistics - Airline operating expense per ASM (CASM): 12.75 cents compared to the 12.77 cents average estimate based on two analysts.
Operating Revenues- Fixed fee contracts: $18.86 million versus $19.04 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +33.6% change.
Operating Revenues- Passenger: $579.94 million compared to the $590.66 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -4.8% year over year.
Operating Revenues- Third party products: $33.40 million compared to the $28.01 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +28.3% year over year.
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Shares of Allegiant Travel have returned -14.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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