Originally Posted by
NVUS
SkyWest, Inc.
1Q 2014 Revenue: $772,385,518.00 Net Income: -$22,887,193.00 Net Margin: -2.96%
SkyWest Airlines
1Q 2014 Revenue: $447,041,197.00 Net Income: -- Net Margin: .99%
Quick math tells me that .99% of $447,041,197.00 is a profit of $4,425,707.85
Further math tells me that -$22,887,197.00 - $4,425,707.85 means ExpressJet lost $27,312,905.
Good enough?
I like it when math is involved.
On a related note, I was surprised that both SKYW and RJET were trading below their respective book values. Typically, a company stock trades much higher than the company book value. For instance WMT is trading at 3.34 times it's book value.
Here is a list of some majors and their price:book value ratios:
AAL 22.7
DAL 2.73
UAL 5.85
LUV 2.35
By contrast, here are the figures for SkyWest and Republic
SKYW 0.43
RJET 0.84
In other words, theoretically, SKYW could be liquidated for more than the cost of all it's shares for a tidy profit. That's the type of news that makes folks like Gordon Gekko drool.