profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
SkyWest
$82.34-0.19% today
-16.7% in 1 year
1-year low $77.701-year high $115.94
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.31 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What SkyWest sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.00 billion in 2022 to $4.06 billion in 2025, with $428 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
SkyWest handed back 30% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $85M
Free cash flow 2025$287M
Bought back its own shares$85M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$123M vs. $2.5B
SkyWest vs. similar companies
SkyWest grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest | 7.3× · Cheap | ||
 Delta Air Lines | 11.3× · Cheap | ||
 International Consolidated Airlines Group | 7.0× · Cheap | ||
 InterGlobe Aviation | No profit yet | ||
 Air China | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads SkyWest's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,005 | 2,935 | 3,528 | 4,058 | |
| 499 | 398 | 794 | 949 | |
| 181 | 104 | 495 | 618 | |
| 614 | 554 | 930 | 1,035 | |
| 73 | 34 | 323 | 428 | |
| 1.44 | 0.77 | 7.77 | 10.35 | |
| 16.6% | 13.5% | 22.5% | 23.4% | |
| 6.0% | 3.5% | 14.0% | 15.2% | |
| 2.4% | 1.2% | 9.2% | 10.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,415 | 7,026 | 7,140 | 7,386 |
| Cash | 103 | 148 | 227 | 123 |
| Total debt | 3,541 | 3,093 | 2,760 | 2,474 |
| Total liabilities | 5,067 | 4,913 | 4,731 | 4,640 |
| 2,348 | 2,114 | 2,409 | 2,746 | |
| 51 | 45 | 42 | 41 | |
| 2.9% | 2.6% | 8.4% | 10.1% | |
| 3.1% | 1.6% | 13.4% | 15.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480 | 736 | 692 | 940 | |
| 683 | 316 | 328 | 653 | |
| -202 | 420 | 364 | 287 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | – | – | – |
| 0 | 292 | 43 | 85 | |
| 9 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
Valuation
- 7.3×
- 7.5×
- 0.08
- 1.1×
- 0.8×
- 10.9×
- 5.3×
- 9.2%
- 13.7%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 23.4%
- 15.2%
- 10.6%
- 24.5%
- 10.4%
- 6.2%
- 16.0%
- 5.8%
- 10.5%
- –
Growth
- +10.5%
- +93.0%
- −21.2%
- −2.6%
- −6.5%
Financial health
- 2.3×
- 0.90
- 9.3%
- 6.4×
- 0.65
- 0.62
- 0.56
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 34%of 984
Top 22%of 987
Top 4%of 875
Top 32%of 988
Top 17%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $122.00
- Range
- $122.00 – $122.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 2.21 | 2.15 | +2.8% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 2.21 | 2.25 | −1.8% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 2.81 | 2.56 | +9.8% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 2.91 | 2.34 | +24.4% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 2.42 | 2.04 | +18.6% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 2.34 | 1.75 | +33.7% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 2.16 | 1.92 | +12.5% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 1.82 | 1.73 | +5.2% |
News
SkyWest (SKYW) Increases Despite Market Slip: Here's What You Need to KnowYahoo Finance · Sep 4, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 4, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
75Pass
Philip Fisher
61Pass
Peter Lynch
85Pass
Joel Greenblatt
58No pass
Charlie Munger
35No pass
Terry Smith
28No pass
Questions about SkyWest
Is SkyWest a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the SkyWest AI analysis
What does SkyWest do?
SkyWest, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of a regional airline in the United States. It operates through SkyWest Airlines and SWC; and SkyWest Leasing segments. It is in Airlines, based in Saint George, UT, United States, with 13,818 employees.
Does SkyWest pay a dividend?
No. SkyWest does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $84.9 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is SkyWest stock halal?
No. SkyWest does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 79% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has SkyWest stock done over the past year?
Down 16.7% over the past twelve months, to $82.34. It traded between $77.70 and $115.94 and is 29.0% below its high.
Who are SkyWest's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Delta Air Lines, International Consolidated Airlines Group, InterGlobe Aviation and Air China. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with SkyWest's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.