For the quarter ended March 2025, Allegiant Travel (ALGT) reported revenue of $699.07 million, up 6.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.81, compared to $0.57 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $690.25 million, representing a surprise of +1.28%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +17.53%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.54.
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 expense per ASM (CASM): 11.14 cents versus the three-analyst average estimate of 11.74 cents.
- Scheduled service statistics - Available seat miles (ASMs): 5.31 billion compared to the 5.24 billion average estimate based on three analysts.
- Scheduled service statistics - Revenue passenger miles (RPMs): 4.27 billion versus 4.28 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- 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): 5.45 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of 5.4 billion.
- Total system statistics - Airline operating CASM, excluding fuel: 8.07 cents versus 8.59 cents estimated by three analysts on average.
- Scheduled service statistics - Total passenger revenue per ASM (TRASM): 12.29 cents versus 12.22 cents estimated by three analysts on average.
- Scheduled service statistics - Load factor: 80.5% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 80.8%.
- Operating Revenues- Other: $30.87 million compared to the $24.57 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Revenues- Passenger: $616.75 million compared to the $605.58 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.4% year over year.
- Operating Revenues- Third party products: $35.20 million versus $37.84 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.4% change.
- Operating Revenues- Fixed fee contracts: $16.25 million versus $22.04 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -13.8% change.
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Shares of Allegiant Travel have returned +9.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.5% 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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