Company Analysis

SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW)

Nasdaq: SKYW · Air Transportation, Scheduled · St George, UT · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.4
◀ Past 5.2● Present 6.8▶ Future 7.0

The grade of SkyWest, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past5.230% of the headline
● Present6.840% of the headline
▶ Future7.030% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.2/1030% 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

SkyWest, Inc.'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
4.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SkyWest, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 3.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.2%bottom 4% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 18% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 46% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak34.0%top 11% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 6.5% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, SkyWest, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 6.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 3% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% 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?

6.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 63%: owes 63¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, SkyWest, Inc. earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 63 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 28% of its family
  • return on equitytop 46% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 50% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 14 in its family; net margin 10.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SkyWest, Inc.'s standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 38% by size; a net margin of 10.6% ranks in the top 18%; revenue growth of 10.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.06Bbottom 38% of its family
  • net margin10.6%top 18% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.5%top 32% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
9.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 8% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 92nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SkyWest, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Childs, Russell A (PRESIDENT & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-02-12, 10.8 years (top 15% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 12.1 years (top 6%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 5%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 12 peopletop 5% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed12.1 yearstop 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.8 yearstop 15% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 42% of 14 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SkyWest, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $123 million against debt of $1.8 billion leaves -23.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.6% of revenue (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-23.3%bottom 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.6%top 25% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 34% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SkyWest, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.5% a year over the last three filed years against 3.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 18% of its family); the newest year grew 15% (top 18%); capital spending grew -6.1% a year (bottom 35%) (its annual reports). SkyWest, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Sky West Airlines at $3.4 billion (84%), Skywest Leasing at $643 million (16%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+7.4 points a yeartop 18% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.0%top 18% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-6.1%bottom 35% 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
8.4/10

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

top 15% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 85th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SkyWest, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6.2% above the $3.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 18% of its family); net income of $428 million against a prior three-year average of $143 million (top 11%); a net margin of 10.6% against 4.3% before (top 18%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace6.2%top 18% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+199%top 11% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+6.3 pointstop 18% 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 SKYW · research, not advice