Bullish- Morningstar8 Feb 2021 13:02
I sold on Friday close...but not comfortable being out have to say..
Our stock of the week has a travel theme and our Twitter followers have chosen easyJet (EZJ), Europe’s second largest airline behind Ryanair (RYA). For most airlines, 2020 was one of the toughest trading periods in their history: easyJet passenger numbers fell 87% to 2 million in the last three months of 2020 and passenger revenue dropped by 90% (to £118 million).
And in its annual results in November last year, the airline said its passenger numbers had halved in the year to the end of September, from just under 100 million in 2019 to 48 million in 2020. As a result, the airline made a £1.2 billion loss for the year, compared with a profit of £430 million in 2019. (For comparison, former stock of the week IAG lost over £5 billion during nine months in 2020).