EasyJet (EZJ) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What EZJ does

EasyJet (EZJ) is a low-cost airline carrier operating across Europe, listed on the London Stock Exchange. Beyond its core air transport services, the company is involved in tour operator activities and holiday packages, and it also provides heavy base maintenance services. Founded in 1995, EasyJet is headquartered in Luton, the United Kingdom, and employs around 19,224 people. It sits in the Industrials sector, within the Airlines industry, alongside peers such as International Airlines Group (IAG). You can browse other companies listed in the UK via the London Stock Exchange stocks page.

Key numbers explained

• Share price: 6.75 GBP, up +0.75% today. The stock trades near the top of its 52-week range of 3.33 – 6.84, and has gained 45.5% over the last 52 weeks — a strong recovery compared with a year ago.
• P/E ratio: the price divided by earnings per share, a common way to gauge how expensive a stock is relative to its profits. EasyJet's trailing P/E of 12.5 is based on trailing earnings per share of 0.54 GBP, while the forward P/E of 18.5 reflects expected earnings — the gap suggests the market expects lower earnings ahead than in the past year.
• Dividend yield: annual dividends as a percentage of the share price. EasyJet's yield is 1.96%, with 24% of earnings paid out as dividends — a modest payout that leaves room for reinvestment. The ex-dividend date is Feb 19, 2026.
• Market capitalisation: the total value of all shares. EasyJet's is 5.05B GBP.
• Beta: a measure of volatility relative to the wider market. At 1.72, the stock is considerably more volatile than a typical large-cap.
• Profit margin: profit as a share of revenue. EasyJet's is 3.9% on trailing revenue of 10.53B GBP, which grew 11.9% year over year. Notably, the operating margin is -13.5%, meaning operations at that level ran at a loss.
• Return on equity is 13.1%, while the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 82.4% and the price-to-book ratio is 138.97 — a very high figure worth understanding in context.

What to watch

As an airline, EasyJet's results are sensitive to fuel costs, demand for leisure travel, and pricing competition among low-cost carriers — factors that also affect peers like IAG. With an operating margin of -13.5%, the path from revenue to reported profit is worth following each earnings cycle; the next earnings date is Nov 24, 2026. The high beta of 1.72 means the share price can move sharply with market sentiment, and the dividend policy (currently 24% of earnings) may evolve with profitability. Broader UK market context can be seen via the FTSE 100 index, and other UK-listed names such as Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR) or Rentokil Initial (RTO) offer points of comparison within the stocks directory.