For the quarter ended September 2025, Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. (SNCY) reported revenue of $255.54 million, up 2.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.07, compared to $0.06 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $256 million, representing a surprise of -0.18%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -12.5%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.08.
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 Sun Country Airlines performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Scheduled Service Statistics - Revenue passenger miles: 1.17 billion versus 1.15 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
- Total System Statistics - Available seat miles (ASMs): 1.77 billion versus 1.76 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
- Scheduled Service Statistics - Load factor: 84.8% versus 83.1% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Total System Statistics - Adjusted CASM: 8.46 cents versus the two-analyst average estimate of 9.08 cents.
- Total System Statistics - Fuel cost per gallon: $2.55 versus $2.58 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Scheduled Service Statistics - Available seat miles (ASMs): 1.37 million versus 1.38 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Total System Statistics - Fuel Gallons Consumed: 19.05 Mgal compared to the 19.31 Mgal average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating Revenues- Passenger: $201.1 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $200.1 million.
- Operating Revenues- Other: $10.42 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $9.51 million.
- Operating Revenues- Cargo: $44.02 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $46.79 million.
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Shares of Sun Country Airlines have returned -7.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% 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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