Company Analysis

Ryanair Holdings plc (RYAAY)

Nasdaq: RYAAY · Air Transportation, Scheduled · County Dublin Irelan, IE · filing with the SEC since 1998
Grade6.9
◀ Past 5.9● Present 7.9▶ Future 6.6
1 est.

The grade of Ryanair Holdings plc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.9/10
◀ Past5.930% of the headline
● Present7.940% of the headline
▶ Future6.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ryanair Holdings plc's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ryanair Holdings plc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from EUR 6.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to EUR 14 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.8% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 81% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.8%top 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 46% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak80.7%bottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.7% a year. 20% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-03-31, Ryanair Holdings plc's diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 20% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 30% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 23%: 23¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-03-31, Ryanair Holdings plc earned about 23 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 22% of its family
  • return on equitytop 32% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
9.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 7% of 14 in its family; net margin 11.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ryanair Holdings plc's standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of EUR 14 billion in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 11.6% ranks in the top 11%; revenue growth of 42.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 4% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • net margin11.6%top 11% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth42.7%top 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 12 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Ryanair Holdings plc's leadership is put at 5.7 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 17% of 14 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ryanair Holdings plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of EUR 3.9 billion against debt of EUR 2.7 billion leaves 6.7% of its assets as net cash, top 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 13.4% of revenue (top 18%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets6.7%top 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue13.4%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 31% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ryanair Holdings plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 42.7% a year over the last three filed years against 8.8% over all 10, speeding up (top 4% of its family); the newest year grew 3.8% (top 46%); capital spending grew 9.5% a year (top 42%) (its annual reports). Ryanair Holdings plc tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+33.9 points a yeartop 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.8%top 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending9.5%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 49% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ryanair Holdings plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of EUR 14 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 38% below the EUR 22 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 4% of its family); net income of EUR 1.6 billion against a prior three-year average of EUR 997 million (top 25%); a net margin of 11.6% against 7.1% before (top 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-38.0%bottom 4% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+62%top 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+4.4 pointstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton RYAAY · research, not advice