For the quarter ended September 2025, Allegiant Travel (ALGT) reported revenue of $561.93 million, down 0.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at -$2.09, compared to -$2.02 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $580.41 million, representing a surprise of -3.18%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -13.59%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$1.84.
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 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 - Airline operating CASM, excluding fuel: 8.47 cents versus 9.91 cents estimated by three analysts on average.
- Scheduled service statistics - Available seat miles (ASMs): 4.77 billion versus 4.76 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Total system statistics - Airline operating expense per ASM (CASM): 11.59 cents compared to the 13.16 cents average estimate based on three analysts.
- Scheduled service statistics - Revenue passenger miles (RPMs): 4.02 billion compared to the 4 billion average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total system statistics - Average fuel cost per gallon: $2.6 per gallon versus $2.6 per gallon estimated by three analysts on average.
- Total system statistics - Available seat miles (ASMs): 4.94 billion versus 4.91 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Scheduled service statistics - Total passenger revenue per ASM (TRASM): 11.19 cents versus the three-analyst average estimate of 11.59 cents.
- Scheduled service statistics - Load factor: 84.3% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 83.8%.
- Total system statistics - Passengers: 4,629,834 compared to the 4,599,567 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating Revenues- Fixed fee contracts: $18.85 million compared to the $19.65 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -8.3% year over year.
- Operating Revenues- Passenger: $494.14 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $523.86 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.1%.
- Operating Revenues- Third party products: $39.4 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $36.29 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.1%.
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Shares of Allegiant Travel have returned -3.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.1% 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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