FY2026 EPS Estimates for Ryanair Raised by Erste Group Bank

Ryanair Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:RYAAY) – Equities researchers at Erste Group Bank upped their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Ryanair in a report released on Thursday, April 2nd. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now expects that the transportation company will earn $4.83 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $4.82. Erste Group Bank has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ryanair’s current full-year earnings is $3.09 per share.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on RYAAY. Evercore raised Ryanair from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $80.00 price target for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Ryanair from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Monday. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Ryanair in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Zacks Research downgraded Ryanair from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Ryanair in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $75.67.

Ryanair Price Performance

NASDAQ RYAAY opened at $63.54 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $63.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $64.99. Ryanair has a 52-week low of $41.54 and a 52-week high of $74.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a current ratio of 0.67. The stock has a market cap of $33.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.76, a PEG ratio of 0.53 and a beta of 1.26.

Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) last posted its earnings results on Monday, January 26th. The transportation company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.08. Ryanair had a return on equity of 29.76% and a net margin of 15.04%.The business had revenue of $3.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.16 billion.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ryanair

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JCIC Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Ryanair in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $4,160,000. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Ryanair by 33.4% in the 3rd quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 163,875 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $9,869,000 after buying an additional 41,065 shares during the last quarter. Capula Management Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Ryanair in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,235,000. US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in shares of Ryanair by 10,134.5% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 35,002 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $2,108,000 after buying an additional 34,660 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Truist Financial Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Ryanair by 192.8% in the 3rd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 21,741 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,309,000 after buying an additional 14,316 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 43.66% of the company’s stock.

About Ryanair

Ryanair Holdings plc is an Irish low-cost airline group headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1984, the company grew into one of Europe’s largest budget carriers by offering point-to-point scheduled passenger services with an emphasis on low fares, high aircraft utilization and rapid turnaround times. Ryanair serves a broad network across Europe and nearby regions, focusing on both intra-European leisure travel and short-haul business routes.

The group primarily operates a single-type fleet based on the Boeing 737 family, supplemented by a mix of in-house and subsidiary airlines that help serve different markets and regulatory environments.