Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS)

• Market cap: $424M
• 1 day: 2.51%
• 5 days: -20.17%
• 1 month: -29.50%
• 3 months: -57.99%
• 6 months: -50.34%
• Year to date: -50.27%
• 1 year: -55.07%
• 5 years: -25.05%
• 10 years: -70.37%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Airlines

About: Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion SAB de CV is a low-cost airline flying to Mexico, the United States, Central and South America. It currently operates up to 500 average daily flight segments on routes that connect 44 cities in Mexico as well as 22 cities in the United States, four in Central America and two in South America. It uses promotional fares to stimulate demand and the base fares are priced to compete with long-distance bus fares in Mexico. Revenues from the air transportation of passengers are recognized earlier when the service is provided or when the non-refundable ticket expires at the date of the scheduled travel. Non-passenger revenues include revenues generated from other non-passenger revenues and cargo services.

Employees: 7,198

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

188% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 23 | Existing positions closed: 8

18% more funds holding

Funds holding: 78 [Q3] → 92 (+14) [Q4]

13% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $335M [Q3] → $378M (+$42.8M) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 3 (+0) [Q4]

0.18% less ownership

Funds ownership: 4.54% [Q3] → 4.36% (-0.18%) [Q4]

35% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 22 | Existing positions reduced: 34

57% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $233K | Put options by funds: $542K

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $4.50 22% upside
• Avg. target: $9.50 158% upside
• High target: $13 253% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 67%
• neutral: 1 33%
• negative: 0 0%

Barclays Pablo Monsivais 57% 1-year accuracy 4 / 7 met price target	22% upside $4.50	Equal-Weight Downgraded	29 Apr 2025
JP Morgan Fernando Abdalla 25% 1-year accuracy 1 / 4 met price target	253% upside $13	Overweight Maintained	21 Apr 2025
Citigroup Stephen Trent 32% 1-year accuracy 6 / 19 met price target	199% upside $11	Buy Maintained	5 Mar 2025