SkyWest

SKYW

Airlines, Airports & Air Services · Industrials

Price

$97.23

-3.09 (-3.08%)

Market Cap

$3.86B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−18.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 50.8M (2021) → 41.4M (2025)

SkyWest, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a regional airline in the United States. The company operates through two segment, SkyWest Airlines and SkyWest Leasing. It also leases regional jet aircraft and spare engines to third parties. As of December 31, 2021, the company's fleet consisted of 629 aircraft; and provided scheduled passenger and air freight services with approximately 2,080 total daily departures to various destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbea

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+2.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$0 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

SkyWest is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

21.0%

Thin — 21.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

12.2%

Healthy — 12.2% operating margin

ROCE

3.6%

Weak — 3.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+12.3%

Fast-growing sales (12.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

+18.5%

Earnings growing fast (18.5% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

213%

Turns 213% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

5.6%

Thin free cash flow (5.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.25

Conservative — low debt load (0.25)

Interest Cover

5.92x

Adequate interest coverage (5.9x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

9.1x

Attractive valuation — P/E 9.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

+0.2

GROWING

Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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