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Easyjet

February 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • EZJ
  • Price:
  • 1530p
The demise of Monarch and Air Berlin has clearly boosted the low-cost airline sector and Easyjet has cashed in with latest statistics for December showing year-on-year passenger growth of 5.5% and load factor improvement from 89.9% to 91.4%. On a rolling 12-month basis it’s still more pronounced at +9.6% and 93% load factor.This means that full year results for the year to September ‘17 look like the end of the down cycle with eps falling from 107.5p to 81.9p. Headline pretax profit fell from £494m to £408m after taking a £101m currency impact. Net cash rose from £213m to £357m.Easyjet has increased passenger capacity by 8.5% to over 86.7m seats while strong cost control along with &p ...

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