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Frontier Group Holdings
(NASDAQ:ULCC)
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Rating:42Neutral
Price Target:
$6.00
▲(3.27% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:07/29/26
The score is held down primarily by weak financial performance—deep TTM losses, negative operating cash flow, and a thin equity base with very high reported leverage. Technicals are mixed (near-term below key moving averages but still above longer-term averages), valuation offers limited support due to a negative P/E and no dividend, while corporate events provide a modest offset through fleet-rightsizing and improved loyalty financing capacity.
Positive Factors
Ultra-low-cost model & simplified fleet
A single-aircraft-family strategy and focus on ancillary revenue create durable unit-cost and revenue advantages. Simplified maintenance, training and higher utilization lower structural costs while ancillaries diversify income per passenger, supporting margin recovery over multiple quarters.
Negative Factors
Very high leverage and thin equity
Extremely high reported leverage and minimal equity materially increase refinancing and solvency risk. With a thin capital base, the company has less ability to absorb shocks or fund investments internally, limiting strategic optionality and elevating distress risk over coming quarters.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Ultra-low-cost model & simplified fleet
A single-aircraft-family strategy and focus on ancillary revenue create durable unit-cost and revenue advantages. Simplified maintenance, training and higher utilization lower structural costs while ancillaries diversify income per passenger, supporting margin recovery over multiple quarters.
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Frontier Group Holdings Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Available Seat Miles
Available seat miles (ASM) measure total seat capacity offered and are a key supply metric for airlines. Tracking ASM versus demand shows whether Frontier is expanding responsibly, risking overcapacity, or optimizing utilization to improve unit revenue.
Available seat miles (ASM) measure total seat capacity offered and are a key supply metric for airlines. Tracking ASM versus demand shows whether Frontier is expanding responsibly, risking overcapacity, or optimizing utilization to improve unit revenue.
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Market Cap
$1.61B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)4.12M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)2.23
Revenue Growth9.95%
EPS Growth-1057.36%
CountryUS
Employees8,198
SectorIndustrials
Sector Strength72
IndustryAirlines, Airports & Air Services
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-1.69
Shares Outstanding230,215,770
10 Day Avg. Volume4,154,548
30 Day Avg. Volume4,116,275
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.03
Price to Book (P/B)2.19
Price to Sales (P/S)0.29
P/FCF Ratio-1.73
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda>-0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$6.75Price Target Upside16.18% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Sell
Number of Analyst Covering8
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.45
Revenue Forecast (FY)$4.78B
Frontier Group Holdings Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (ULCC) is a U.S. ultra-low-cost passenger airline that operates scheduled air transportation services. Through its Frontier Airlines brand, the company provides domestic and select international flights, focusing on l...
How the Company Makes Money
Frontier primarily makes money by selling air travel and related optional services. Its revenue model combines (1) passenger ticket revenue (base fares) and (2) ancillary revenue that customers pay on top of the base fare. Base fares are generated...
Frontier Group Holdings Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Feb 11, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:Nov 11, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call emphasized a clear, actionable turnaround plan with quantifiable levers: fleet rightsizing, a $200M cost-savings target (including ~$90M rent savings), a moderated ~10% long-term growth target, strong loyalty and ancillary momentum (loyalty revenue +30% in Q4), and early RASM/unit revenue improvements (>10% trend). However, 2026 is a transition year with operational reliability issues to remediate, pilot labor negotiations unresolved, one-time redelivery costs to finalize, and timing risk for realizing full cost and utilization benefits (largely realized by 2027). Overall, the company presented tangible progress and concrete initiatives but with meaningful near-term execution and labor risks.Positive Updates
Fleet Rightsizing Agreement with AerCap
Nonbinding agreement to early terminate 24 aircraft leases (effective in Q2) with AerCap, plus intent for an additional ~10 sale-leasebacks; deal has no 2026 liquidity penalty and is expected to improve maintenance profile and fleet productivity over the next 3–5 years.
Negative Updates
Operational Reliability and Customer Experience Issues
Company acknowledged historically poor cancellation rates and on-time performance; reducing cancellations and improving OTP are explicit strategic priorities and management said 'status quo is not acceptable,' indicating significant operational challenges to address.
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Q4-2025 Updates
Positive
Negative
Fleet Rightsizing Agreement with AerCap
Nonbinding agreement to early terminate 24 aircraft leases (effective in Q2) with AerCap, plus intent for an additional ~10 sale-leasebacks; deal has no 2026 liquidity penalty and is expected to improve maintenance profile and fleet productivity over the next 3–5 years.
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Company Guidance
Frontier framed 2026 as a transition year with a full‑year EPS range of roughly $(0.40) to $0.50 (one‑time noncash costs tied to the fleet transaction expected to be removed on a non‑GAAP basis); a long‑term growth cadence reset to ~10% annually (about 50% infill/50% new markets); a 2026 delivery cadence of 24 aircraft (6 in Q1, 8 in Q2, 5 in Q3, 5 in Q4) offset by early termination of 24 leases in Q2 so the fleet starts and ends 2026 at ~176 aircraft (similar into 2027); a target to lift utilization toward ~11.5 block hours (versus ~9 hours last year) by ~summer 2027; a $200 million target of annual run‑rate cost savings by 2027 (including ≈$90 million of annual rent savings from the 24 terminations); RASM trends running +10%+ year‑over‑year in early bookings (notably into April/May); expected PDP deposit reductions to leave year‑end PDP balance of $170–$210 million; and continued loyalty momentum (loyalty revenue +30%+ in Q4 and third consecutive quarter of double‑digit loyalty growth).Frontier Group Holdings Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
27
Negative
Balance Sheet
18
Very Negative
Cash Flow
22
Negative
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 4.15B | 3.72B | 3.77B | 3.59B | 3.33B | 2.06B |
| Gross Profit | 902.00M | 1.32B | 187.00M | 302.00M | 282.00M | -202.00M |
| EBITDA | -312.00M | -32.00M | 122.00M | 83.00M | 10.00M | -77.00M |
| Net Income | -386.00M | -137.00M | 85.00M | -11.00M | -37.00M | -102.00M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 7.24B | 7.22B | 6.15B | 4.99B | 4.50B | 4.24B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 955.00M | 671.00M | 740.00M | 609.00M | 761.00M | 918.00M |
| Total Debt | 5.24B | 5.46B | 4.47B | 3.46B | 2.93B | 2.85B |
| Total Liabilities | 7.11B | 6.73B | 5.55B | 4.49B | 3.99B | 3.71B |
| Stockholders Equity | 136.00M | 491.00M | 604.00M | 507.00M | 509.00M | 530.00M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -20.00M | -624.00M | -158.00M | -348.00M | -230.00M | 153.00M |
| Operating Cash Flow | -115.00M | -525.00M | -82.00M | -261.00M | -78.00M | 216.00M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 94.00M | -99.00M | -75.00M | -90.00M | -154.00M | -67.00M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 413.00M | 555.00M | 288.00M | 199.00M | 75.00M | 391.00M |
Frontier Group Holdings Technical Analysis
Positive
5.81
Price Trends
6.47
Positive
5.21
Positive
4.95
Positive
Market Momentum
-0.20
Positive
40.07
Neutral
13.53
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For ULCC, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 5.81 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 6.57, below the 50-day MA of 6.47, and above the 200-day MA of 4.95, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of -0.20 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 40.07 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 13.53 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for ULCC.
Frontier Group Holdings Risk Analysis
Frontier Group Holdings disclosed 54 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Frontier Group Holdings reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Frontier Group Holdings Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (63)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
78 Outperform | $4.20B | 10.43 | 15.02% | ― | 9.10% | 1.55% | |
63 Neutral | $10.79B | 15.43 | 7.44% | 2.01% | 2.89% | -14.66% | |
51 Neutral | $2.66B | -49.29 | -3.25% | ― | 3.31% | 82.72% | |
51 Neutral | $914.39M | -4.83 | -93.84% | ― | 9.97% | -472.97% | |
49 Neutral | $2.29B | -2.50 | -45.51% | ― | 3.99% | -119.13% | |
42 Neutral | $1.61B | -3.99 | -120.34% | ― | 9.95% | -1057.36% |
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Frontier Group Holdings Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Frontier Group Holdings announces board member resignation
Neutral
Jul 17, 2026
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. reported that Board member Nancy Lipson announced her intention to resign from the Board of Directors on July 14, 2026, with the resignation becoming effective July 15, 2026. The company stated that Lipson is leaving ...
Business Operations and Strategy
Frontier Group Signs Aircraft Sale Agreement to Rightsize Fleet
Positive
Jul 7, 2026
On June 30, 2026, Frontier Airlines entered into an agreement with existing lessor Avolon Leasing Ireland 3 Limited to sell 11 A321neo aircraft at the time of delivery from Frontier’s existing purchase commitments. The aircraft comprise thre...
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Frontier Extends Barclays Partnership, Expands Loyalty Financing Facility
Positive
Jun 30, 2026
On June 24, 2026, Frontier Airlines and Barclays Bank Delaware extended their long-standing co-branded credit card partnership by signing a Seventh Amendment to their Credit Card Affinity Agreement, lengthening the term from December 31, 2029 to J...
Executive/Board Changes
Frontier Group Announces Board Resignation and New Director
Neutral
Jun 12, 2026
On June 9, 2026, Frontier Group Holdings announced that director Andrew Broderick intends to resign from its Board of Directors, effective June 15, 2026, with the company stating his departure is not due to any disagreement over operations, polici...
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Frontier Shareholders Reaffirm Board, Executive Pay and Auditor
Positive
May 15, 2026
At its May 14, 2026 annual meeting, Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. shareholders elected Andrew S. Broderick, Bernard L. Han, Anthony D. Salcido and Alejandro D. Wolff to three-year terms as Class II directors, reaffirming the existing board slate. ...
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