What does the company do?
Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (PNCL) operates an all-regional jet fleet, and provides regional airline capacity to Delta at its hub airports in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. At December 31, 2008, Pinnacle operated 124 Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ)-200 aircraft under Delta brands with approximately 665 daily departures to 114 cities in 37 states and three Canadian provinces. Pinnacle also operated a fleet of 18 CRJ-900 aircraft as a Delta Connection carrier with approximately 86 daily departures to 34 cities in 16 states, the Bahamas, Mexico, and United States Virgin Islands. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries include wholly owned subsidiaries, Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. and Colgan Air, Inc.
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.
- Pinnacle Airline one-year sales: 853.79 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Regional Airlines group: -82.39% - Pinnacle Airline one-year income: 32.39 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Regional Airlines group: -52.87%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 853.79 Mil | 4.85 Bil | | Income | 32.39 Mil | 68.72 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Pinnacle Airline one-year sales growth: -1.70%.
Difference from the average for the Regional Airlines group: 5.80 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -1.70% | -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.
- Pinnacle Airline one-year net profit margin: 3.8%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -0.6 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Regional Airlines group: 0.7 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 3.8% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 4.4% | | 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.
- Pinnacle Airline debt/equity ratio: 6.23.
Difference from the average for the Regional Airlines group: 548.96%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 6.23 | 0.96 |
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