For the quarter ended June 2025, Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) reported revenue of $929 million, down 4.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at -$0.31, compared to $0.14 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $933.63 million, representing a surprise of -0.5%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -10.71%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.28.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Frontier Group performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Available seat miles (ASMs): 10.31 billion versus 10.13 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue passenger miles (RPMs): 8.18 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of 7.97 billion.
- Fuel cost per gallon: $2.36 compared to the $2.39 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total revenue per available seat mile (RASM): 9.01 cents compared to the 9.21 cents average estimate based on three analysts.
- Load Factor: 79.3% versus 78.7% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Adjusted CASM (excluding fuel): 7.5 cents compared to the 7.54 cents average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted CASM: 9.73 cents versus the three-analyst average estimate of 9.8 cents.
- Average stage length: 942.00 Miles compared to the 927.48 Miles average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted CASM + net interest: 9.68 cents versus the two-analyst average estimate of 9.68 cents.
- Operating revenues- Passenger: $898 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $917.31 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.5%.
- Operating revenues- Other: $31 million versus $22.74 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +34.8% change.
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Shares of Frontier Group have returned +3.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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