SkyWest (SKYW) closed the most recent trading day at $88.07, moving -1.2% from the previous trading session. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.55%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.52%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq appreciated by 0.7%.

Heading into today, shares of the regional airline had lost 23.27% over the past month, lagging the Transportation sector's loss of 5.34% and the S&P 500's loss of 5.56% in that time.

Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of SkyWest in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company is forecasted to report an EPS of $2.01, showcasing a 38.62% upward movement from the corresponding quarter of the prior year. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $926.38 million, indicating a 15.28% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.

For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $9.01 per share and revenue of $3.82 billion, which would represent changes of +15.96% and +8.21%, respectively, from the prior year.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for SkyWest. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained unchanged. Currently, SkyWest is carrying a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

With respect to valuation, SkyWest is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 9.9. This signifies a premium in comparison to the average Forward P/E of 8.58 for its industry.

It's also important to note that SKYW currently trades at a PEG ratio of 1.13. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Transportation - Airline was holding an average PEG ratio of 0.68 at yesterday's closing price.

The Transportation - Airline industry is part of the Transportation sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 31, placing it within the top 13% of over 250 industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the vigor of our specific industry groups by computing the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks incorporated in the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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