Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
VLRS
6.39
+0.04
+0.63%
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
US · VLRS
#3481 by market cap
6.39
+0.04
+0.63%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 497s ago
· 2026-10-08 10:10
Pre-market
6.35
0.00%
After-hours
6.45
+1.57%
- Market cap
- 734.54M
- P/E (TTM)i
- -3.92
- P/Bi
- 10.79
- EPSi
- -0.90
- Div yieldi
- 0.00%
- 52W posi
- 12%
Reader sentiment
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Weak
- Altman Z-Score is 0.54, below the 1.8 "distress zone" threshold.
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year -3.32% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 5.72%
- Operating margin
- 3.26%
- Net margin
- -3.42%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 1.08B
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 0.54
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.39B | 1.83B | 1.07B | 2.20B | 2.85B | 3.26B | 3.14B | 3.04B |
| Gross profit | 125.84M | 347.89M | -26.02M | 548.84M | 245.50M | 505.21M | 515.50M | 173.84M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 126.39M | 131.19M | 137.01M | 158.80M | 206.00M | 313.28M | 282.48M | 234.65M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | -3.66M | 215.41M | -166.09M | 387.48M | 24.14M | 210.90M | 379.59M | 98.88M |
| Pretax profit | -65.78M | 197.15M | -253.45M | 137.03M | -132.36M | 7.44M | 182.69M | -118.25M |
| Tax | -17.80M | 57.81M | -61.73M | 30.57M | -52.14M | -377.00K | 56.31M | -14.38M |
| Net profit | -47.98M | 139.35M | -191.72M | 106.45M | -80.22M | 7.82M | 126.38M | -103.87M |
| Basic EPS | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Diluted EPS | -0.47 | 1.38 | -1.91 | 0.91 | -0.69 | 0.07 | 1.08 | -0.90 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 678.00M | 693.00M | 784.00M | 881.52M | 770.00M | 859.00M |
| Gross profit | -6.00M | -8.00M | 77.00M | 108.84M | -2.00M | -58.00M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 34.00M | 37.00M | 33.00M | 131.65M | 34.00M | 46.00M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | -10.00M | -22.00M | 68.00M | 63.88M | -21.00M | -99.00M |
| Pretax profit | -76.00M | -87.00M | 9.00M | 35.75M | -89.00M | -185.00M |
| Tax | -25.00M | -24.00M | 3.00M | 31.62M | -18.00M | -58.00M |
| Net profit | -51.00M | -63.00M | 6.00M | 4.13M | -71.00M | -127.00M |
| Basic EPS | -5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -1 |
| Diluted EPS | -4.50 | -0.60 | 0.05 | 0.04 | -6.20 | -1.10 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 454.01M | 639.80M | 721.97M | 978.98M | 1.07B | 1.25B | 1.38B | 1.39B |
| Cash & ST investments | 298.32M | 416.54M | 506.47M | 733.96M | 704.98M | 776.48M | 945.18M | 766.17M |
| Inventory | 15.13M | 15.94M | 13.98M | 14.40M | 15.76M | 16.12M | 16.63M | 16.73M |
| Total assets | 2.89B | 3.34B | 3.42B | 3.98B | 4.47B | 5.15B | 5.70B | 5.64B |
| Total current liabilities | 716.57M | 914.74M | 1.05B | 1.25B | 1.42B | 1.62B | 1.77B | 1.92B |
| Short-term debt | 314.89M | 359.39M | 403.18M | 480.74M | 447.77M | 592.99M | 674.77M | 670.85M |
| Long-term debt | 117.59M | 152.59M | 190.28M | 108.04M | 160.89M | 432.78M | 526.36M | 441.12M |
| Total liabilities | 2,748,621,098.11 | 3,050,072,442.95 | 3,278,055,000.00 | 3,671,431,000.00 | 4,232,916,000.00 | 4,903,378,000.00 | 5,338,897,000.00 | 5,372,831,000.00 |
| Total equity | 137.64M | 291.97M | 140.17M | 313.14M | 234.74M | 242.59M | 364.81M | 263.78M |
| Retained earnings | -111.97M | 23.15M | -182.13M | -75.68M | -155.90M | -148.08M | -21.71M | -125.58M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 1.37B | 1.34B | 1.35B | 1.39B | 1.39B | 1.51B |
| Cash & ST investments | 862.00M | 788.00M | 785.58M | 766.17M | 758.53M | 817.14M |
| Inventory | 17.00M | 16.00M | 15.46M | 16.73M | 17.00M | 21.00M |
| Total assets | 5.69B | 5.61B | 5.70B | 5.64B | 5.65B | 5.86B |
| Total current liabilities | 1.82B | 1.94B | 2.01B | 1.92B | 2.09B | 2.34B |
| Short-term debt | 636.00M | 721.00M | 749.00M | 670.85M | 754.00M | 685.00M |
| Long-term debt | 525.00M | 440.00M | 452.00M | 441.12M | 394.00M | 461.00M |
| Total liabilities | 5,371,000,000.00 | 5,355,000,000.00 | 5,441,000,000.00 | 5,372,831,000.00 | 5,447,000,000.00 | 5,789,000,000.00 |
| Total equity | 315.00M | 254.00M | 262.00M | 263.78M | 207.00M | 68.00M |
| Retained earnings | -73.00M | -136.00M | -130.00M | -125.58M | -197.00M | -325.00M |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 319.37M | 502.12M | 213.75M | 785.36M | 613.60M | 729.83M | 1.09B | 749.83M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 231.22M | 283.99M | 278.52M | 326.40M | 417.93M | 496.31M | 593.05M | 656.75M |
| Free cash flow | 176.18M | 314.11M | 50.81M | 589.17M | 259.67M | 238.69M | 489.06M | 433.95M |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -2.92M | -3.98M | 159.89M | -4.37M | -5.24M | -3.00M | -5.07M | -4.70M |
| Ending cash balance | 298.32M | 421.35M | 506.47M | 741.12M | 711.85M | 774.15M | 907.98M | 753.88M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 157.00M | 136.00M | 205.00M | 251.83M | 251.00M | 272.00M |
| Depreciation & amortization | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Free cash flow | 157.00M | 136.00M | 205.00M | -64.05M | 251.00M | 272.00M |
| Dividends paid | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ending cash balance | 847.00M | 772.00M | 779.00M | 753.88M | 746.00M | 803.00M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | -7.06 | 36.74 | -99.79 | 45.50 | -29.19 | 3.28 | 41.61 | -33.05 |
| ROA %i | -3.03 | 6.22 | -6.38 | 2.79 | -1.89 | 0.16 | 2.33 | -1.83 |
| ROIC %i | -5.47 | 14.73 | -3.53 | 8.29 | 0.89 | 3.80 | 7.31 | 3.06 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 13.26 | 23.53 | -2.39 | -0.35 | -7.01 | -0.58 | -5.23 | 5.90 |
| EBIT margin %i | -2.95 | 17.25 | -14.19 | 12.34 | 2.08 | 6.90 | 15.07 | 6.37 |
| FCF / sales %i | -- | 17.12 | 3.87 | 26.62 | 9.12 | 7.32 | 15.57 | 14.29 |
| Current ratioi | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.73 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.54 |
| Debt / assetsi | 75.96 | 71.87 | 72.57 | 68.19 | 66.74 | 68.88 | 67.88 | 68.41 |
| LT debt / equityi | 1,364.05 | 699.62 | 1,482.11 | 714.17 | 1,079.50 | 1,216.65 | 876.27 | 1,207.58 |
| Interest coveragei | -7.06 | 2.65 | -1.23 | 1.97 | 0.31 | 1.03 | 1.63 | 0.62 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | 9.69 | 17.44 | -5.21 | 16.56 | 15.77 | 44.73 | 12.61 | 2.18 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -6.02 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5.89 | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | 23.54 | -- | -33.32 | 49.54 | -6.15 | 67.48 | -6.02 | 18.67 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 14.32 | -11.71 | -21.52 | -33.05 | -47.46 | -117.31 |
| ROA %i | 0.77 | -0.57 | -1.12 | -1.83 | -2.18 | -3.29 |
| ROIC %i | 5.61 | 4.16 | 3.08 | 3.06 | 3.02 | 0.77 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 12.08 | 9.00 | 6.77 | 6.37 | 5.61 | 2.44 |
| FCF / sales %i | 13.14 | 7.72 | 6.86 | 14.29 | 16.87 | 20.14 |
| Current ratioi | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.64 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.54 | 0.48 | 0.49 |
| Debt / assetsi | 67.31 | 67.73 | 67.77 | 68.41 | 67.58 | 65.89 |
| LT debt / equityi | 1,013.02 | 1,211.81 | 1,189.31 | 1,207.58 | 1,481.64 | 4,667.65 |
| Interest coveragei | 1.19 | 0.87 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.26 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
Air transportation services100.00%
Quote time 2026-10-08 10:10:03 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.