JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU)
Return on total capital
| Sep 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) (ttm) | US$ in thousands | -179,000 | -138,000 | -110,000 | -93,000 | -148,000 | -260,000 | -59,000 | -32,000 | 105,000 | 380,000 | 52,000 | -185,000 | -395,000 | -547,000 | -697,000 | -913,000 | -1,325,000 | -1,953,000 | -2,448,000 | -1,997,000 |
| Long-term debt | US$ in thousands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total stockholders’ equity | US$ in thousands | 2,270,000 | 2,408,000 | 2,445,000 | 2,641,000 | 2,644,000 | 2,697,000 | 2,633,000 | 3,337,000 | 3,420,000 | 3,554,000 | 3,373,000 | 3,563,000 | 3,507,000 | 3,446,000 | 3,598,000 | 3,849,000 | 3,949,000 | 3,813,000 | 3,714,000 | 3,951,000 |
| Return on total capital | -7.89% | -5.73% | -4.50% | -3.52% | -5.60% | -9.64% | -2.24% | -0.96% | 3.07% | 10.69% | 1.54% | -5.19% | -11.26% | -15.87% | -19.37% | -23.72% | -33.55% | -51.22% | -65.91% | -50.54% |
September 30, 2025 calculation
Return on total capital = EBIT (ttm) ÷ (Long-term debt + Total stockholders’ equity)
= $-179,000K ÷ ($—K + $2,270,000K)
= -7.89%
Peer comparison
Sep 30, 2025
Company name
Symbol
Return on total capital
JetBlue Airways Corp
JBLU
-7.89%
Alaska Air Group Inc
ALK
—
American Airlines Group
AAL
—
Delta Air Lines Inc
DAL
31.71%
SkyWest Inc
SKYW
23.43%
Southwest Airlines Company
LUV
8.48%
United Airlines Holdings Inc
UAL
30.09%