What does the company do?
Mesa Air Group, Inc. (Mesa) is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries operate as regional air carriers providing scheduled passenger and airfreight service. As of September 30, 2007, the Company served 184 cities in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, the Bahamas and Mexico and operated a fleet of 182 aircraft with approximately 1,100 daily departures. Approximately 98% of Mesa’s consolidated passenger revenues from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), were derived from operations associated with code-share agreements. Its subsidiaries have code-share agreements with Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), Midwest Airlines, Inc. (Midwest Airlines), United Airlines, Inc. (United Airlines or United) and America West Airlines, Inc. (America West), which operates as Unites States Airways and is referred as US Airways. The remaining passenger revenues from continuing operations are derived from its independent go! operations in Hawaii.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Mesa Air Group one-year sales: 1.06 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Regional Airlines group: -78.22% - Mesa Air Group one-year income: -42.39 Mil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 1.06 Bil | 4.85 Bil | | Income | -42.39 Mil | 68.72 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Mesa Air Group one-year sales growth: -27.00%.
Difference from the average for the Regional Airlines group: -19.50 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -27.00% | -7.50% | | Income Growth | NA | 77.80% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Mesa Air Group one-year net profit margin: -4.0%
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -4.0% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 0.8% | | Industry | 3.1% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Mesa Air Group debt/equity ratio: 5.09.
Difference from the average for the Regional Airlines group: 430.21%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 5.09 | 0.96 |
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