Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULCC) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULCC) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the ten ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and two have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $6.25.

ULCC has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Citigroup started coverage on Frontier Group in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $5.00 price objective for the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded shares of Frontier Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $4.00 to $8.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Frontier Group to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, September 25th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $6.00 price objective (up previously from $4.00) on shares of Frontier Group in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Frontier Group in a research note on Monday, December 15th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Barry Biffle sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5.54, for a total transaction of $554,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 731,836 shares in the company, valued at $4,054,371.44. The trade was a 12.02% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Steve Schuller sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.00, for a total value of $30,000.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 77,312 shares in the company, valued at $463,872. This represents a 6.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 305,000 shares of company stock worth $1,670,444. Insiders own 48.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Frontier Group

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of ULCC. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Frontier Group by 33.0% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,013,456 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,398,000 after purchasing an additional 251,509 shares during the last quarter. Petrus Trust Company LTA purchased a new position in shares of Frontier Group in the first quarter worth $219,000. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Frontier Group by 1,353.6% in the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 774,988 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,363,000 after buying an additional 721,674 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Frontier Group by 15.8% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 80,550 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,000 after buying an additional 11,009 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Frontier Group by 24.9% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,060,452 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,481,000 after buying an additional 410,392 shares during the last quarter.

Frontier Group Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ULCC opened at $4.90 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.03 and a beta of 2.55. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $4.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.36 and a current ratio of 0.40. Frontier Group has a fifty-two week low of $2.89 and a fifty-two week high of $10.26.

Frontier Group (NASDAQ:ULCC) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported ($0.34) earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.34). Frontier Group had a negative return on equity of 25.73% and a negative net margin of 3.65%.The company had revenue of $886.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $900.07 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.05) earnings per share. Frontier Group’s revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. Frontier Group has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.040-0.200 EPS. Analysts expect that Frontier Group will post 0.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Frontier Group Company Profile

Frontier Group, trading on Nasdaq under the ticker ULCC, is the holding company for Frontier Airlines, an ultra-low-cost carrier based in Denver, Colorado. The company’s core business centers on providing no-frills air travel across a point-to-point network while generating ancillary revenue from add-on services such as baggage fees, seat selection, priority boarding and in-flight refreshments. This fare-plus-a-la-carte model allows Frontier to offer competitive base fares and maintain low operating costs.

Founded in February 1994 by industry veterans Andrew Levy and Russell Beardsmore, Frontier Airlines commenced operations with a small fleet of MD-80 aircraft.