Zacks Research Issues Positive Forecast for Azul Earnings

Azul S.A. (NYSE:AZUL) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Azul in a research note issued to investors on Monday, March 10th. Zacks Research analyst S. Goswami now forecasts that the company will post earnings of ($0.25) per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of ($0.26). The consensus estimate for Azul’s current full-year earnings is ($1.58) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Azul’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.40) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.45) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.26) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.09) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.12 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on AZUL. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on Azul from $3.10 to $2.70 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Raymond James cut their price objective on Azul from $6.00 to $5.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn downgraded Azul from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $5.40.

Azul Stock Down 5.7 %

NYSE AZUL opened at $1.74 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $2.03 and its 200-day simple moving average is $2.45. The firm has a market cap of $731.43 million, a PE ratio of -0.24 and a beta of 1.98. Azul has a 52 week low of $1.57 and a 52 week high of $8.73.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Azul

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Trellis Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Azul during the fourth quarter worth about $32,000. Creative Planning purchased a new stake in Azul during the third quarter worth approximately $35,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership purchased a new stake in Azul during the fourth quarter worth approximately $42,000. Two Sigma Securities LLC lifted its stake in Azul by 44.6% during the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Securities LLC now owns 29,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 9,038 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Inspire Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Azul by 16.6% during the fourth quarter. Inspire Advisors LLC now owns 48,168 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,000 after purchasing an additional 6,844 shares during the last quarter. 0.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Azul Company Profile

Azul SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in Brazil and internationally. As of December 31, 2023, the company operated approximately 1,000 daily departures to 160 destinations through a network of 300 non-stop routes with an operating fleet of 183 aircraft and a passenger contractual fleet of 189 aircraft.