Report
Chris Higgins
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Our Near-Term Thesis on Airlines Is Playing Out: Stocks Beginning to Look More Attractive

In our December 2016 note on the U.S. airlines, we cautioned that stocks across the major network carriers (United, American, and Delta) and Southwest looked fully valued to slightly overvalued. However, we thought investors might find a more attractive entry point as a result of fare headwinds in the first half of 2017 combined with higher costs. Our thesis has begun to play out: Airline stocks have sold off on the back of deteriorating unit revenue guidance and are now trading at an average pr...
Underlying
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

Southwest Airlines operates Southwest Airlines, a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States and near-international markets. The company has Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet and serves destinations in various states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other near-international countries such as Mexico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. The company principally provides point-to-point service, which allows for direct nonstop routing. The company also provides a suite of digital platforms to support Customers' needs prior to and during the course of their travel.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Chris Higgins

Other Reports on these Companies
Other Reports from Morningstar

ResearchPool Subscriptions

Get the most out of your insights

Get in touch