Pick JetBlue Stock For Gains
In recent months, progress in mass vaccination and growing passenger numbers at TSA checkpoints have been a boon for the airline industry. However, new coronavirus variants are triggering fears of more infection waves limiting international travel and tourism demand. The shares of JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) have reached pre-Covid levels unlike American, United, and Delta Air Lines. This can be largely attributed to the company’s lower debt outstanding and high operating margin. The U.S. government initiated a third phase of payroll support in the first quarter as huge salary costs could trigger involuntary furloughs. Notably, the PSP-3 requires airlines to suspend dividends and share repurchases until September 2022. According to the Trefis Machine Learning Engine, which identifies trends in the company’s historical stock price data, JetBlue Airways stock is likely to move 4.6% in the next one-month (twenty-one trading days) period after experiencing a 5.9% drop in the past week (five trading days).
But how would these numbers change if you are interested in holding JetBlue Airways stock for a shorter or a longer time period? You can test the answer and many other combinations on the Trefis Machine Learning Engine to test JetBlue Airways stock chances of a rise after a fall. You can test the chance of recovery over different time intervals of a quarter, month, or even just one day!
MACHINE LEARNING ENGINE – try it yourself:
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IF JBLU stock moved by -5% over 5 trading days, THEN over the next twenty-one trading days, JBLU stock moves an average of 4 percent, with a 58% probability of a positive return
Some Fun Scenarios, FAQs & Making Sense of JetBlue Airways Stock Movements:
Question 1: Is the average return for JetBlue Airways stock higher after a drop?
Answer:
Consider two situations,
Case 1: JetBlue Airways stock drops by -5% or more in a week
Case 2: JetBlue Airways stock rises by 5% or more in a week
Is the average return for JetBlue Airways stock higher over the subsequent month after Case 1 or Case 2?
JBLU stock fares better after Case 1, with an average return of 4% over the next month (21 trading days) under Case 1 (where the stock has just suffered a 5% loss over the previous week), versus, an average return of 1.7% for Case 2.
In comparison, the S&P 500 has an average return of 3.1% over the next 21 trading days under Case 1, and an average return of just 0.5% for Case 2 as detailed in our dashboard that details the average return for the S&P 500 after a fall or rise.
Try the Trefis machine learning engine above to see for yourself how JetBlue Airways stock is likely to behave after any specific gain or loss over a period.
Question 2: Does patience pay?
Answer:
If you buy and hold JetBlue Airways stock, the expectation is over time the near-term fluctuations will cancel out, and the long-term positive trend will favor you – at least if the company is otherwise strong.
Overall, according to data and Trefis machine learning engine’s calculations, patience absolutely pays for most stocks!
For JBLU stock, the returns over the next N days after a -5% change over the last 5 trading days is detailed in the table below, along with the returns for the S&P500:
Question 3: What about the average return after a rise if you wait for a while?
Answer:
The average return after a rise is understandably lower than after a fall as detailed in the previous question. Interestingly, though, if a stock has gained over the last few days, you would do better to avoid short-term bets for most stocks.
JBLU’s returns over the next N days after a 5% change over the last 5 trading days is detailed in the table below, along with the returns for the S&P500:
It’s pretty powerful to test the trend for yourself for JetBlue Airways stock by changing the inputs in the charts above.
Do JetBlue Airways’ peers offer better gains? JetBlue Airways Stock Comparison With Peers summarizes how JBLU compares against peers on metrics that matter. You can find more such useful comparisons on Peer Comparisons.
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