Growth Metrics

Jetblue Airways (JBLU) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)

Jetblue Airways (JBLU) reported EBITDA Margin of 10.0% for Q1 2026, down 187.0% year-over-year from 11.49% in Q1 2025, and down 124.4% on a QoQ basis from 4.46% in Q4 2025.

Jetblue Airways (JBLU) has 18 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 10.0% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 187.0% year-over-year to 10.0% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.56% (down 305.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.06%, up 331.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin eased to 10.0% in Q1 2026 per JBLU's latest filing, from 4.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 14.33% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 32.55% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 1.61% (2024), against an average of 3.06%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBITDA Margin slumped 2804 bps; it then surged 2442 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing JBLU's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.78% in 2022, then plunged by 262 bps to 2.88% in 2023, then jumped by 124 bps to 0.7% in 2024, then plunged by 734 bps to 4.46% in 2025, then plunged by 124 bps to 10.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest JBLU EBITDA Margin figures stand at 10.0% (Q1 2026), 4.46% (Q4 2025), and 4.31% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn -1.64%
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 3.45%
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 186.84%
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - 13.25%
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -8.45%
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 9.97%
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 21.77%
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -10.00%
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 12.07%
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -28.53%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -10.00%
Dec 31, 2025 -4.46%
Sep 30, 2025 -4.31%
Jun 30, 2025 0.25%
Mar 31, 2025 -8.13%
Dec 31, 2024 0.70%
Sep 30, 2024 -1.61%
Jun 30, 2024 2.35%
Mar 31, 2024 -32.55%
Dec 31, 2023 -2.88%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.76%
Jun 30, 2023 14.33%
Mar 31, 2023 -4.51%
Dec 31, 2022 1.78%
Sep 30, 2022 10.66%
Jun 30, 2022 0.78%
Mar 31, 2022 -13.65%
Dec 31, 2021 -6.49%
Sep 30, 2021 15.87%
Jun 30, 2021 17.88%
Mar 31, 2021 -24.15%
Dec 31, 2020 -68.68%
Sep 30, 2020 -80.69%
Jun 30, 2020 -131.16%
Mar 31, 2020 -13.04%
Dec 31, 2019 17.33%
Sep 30, 2019 17.59%
Jun 30, 2019 17.39%
Mar 31, 2019 10.10%
Dec 31, 2018 16.67%
Sep 30, 2018 9.16%
Jun 30, 2018 -2.49%
Mar 31, 2018 12.88%
Dec 31, 2017 16.50%
Sep 30, 2017 22.72%
Jun 30, 2017 24.02%
Mar 31, 2017 14.50%
Dec 31, 2016 23.46%
Sep 30, 2016 25.40%
Jun 30, 2016 24.10%
Mar 31, 2016 26.49%
Dec 31, 2015 25.60%
Sep 30, 2015 27.27%
Jun 30, 2015 23.60%
Mar 31, 2015 21.01%
Dec 31, 2014 16.25%
Sep 30, 2014 14.91%
Jun 30, 2014 13.80%
Mar 31, 2014 8.08%
Dec 31, 2013 13.55%
Sep 30, 2013 15.05%
Jun 30, 2013 12.28%
Mar 31, 2013 9.24%
Dec 31, 2012 8.71%
Sep 30, 2012 13.07%
Jun 30, 2012 14.64%
Mar 31, 2012 11.97%
Dec 31, 2011 12.22%
Sep 30, 2011 13.31%
Jun 30, 2011 12.16%
Mar 31, 2011 9.49%
Dec 31, 2010 11.09%
Sep 30, 2010 18.35%
Jun 30, 2010 15.21%
Mar 31, 2010 10.45%
Dec 31, 2009 24.42%
Sep 30, 2009 13.67%
Jun 30, 2009 10.66%