$HA Hawaiian Airlines:
Pros:
Near book value
Low debt
6x earnings
3x ops cash flow
20% ROE
Cons:
CEO compensated for growth
Airline biz isn't wonderful
Overall, seems stupidly cheap down here.
Today's sell off is from the virus outbreak in China, ~200 infected so far.
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(Suspenseful Drum Roll Plays) Unlike any other US airline (besides perhaps Alaska) it is highly susceptible to prolonged cessation of operations from Volcano. If you have an Eykenfiljdjdlls (spelling) Iceland Volcano issue in volcanic Hawaii the airline is in big trouble
Appears I may be wrong. The Iceland volcano was under ice and this somehow made it worse? Anyways, they’re still super concentrated in volatile Hawaii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_travel_disruption_after_the_2010_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull_eruption …
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I didn't think of the volcano risk, but that seems true. I agreed about Hawaii being volatile. Won't an expensive vacation be the first thing people cut in a recession? On the other hand, they remained profitable during the financial crisis.
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Hawaii has a couple advantages, though. First,
$HA uses 717s for intraisland flights. The old CEO figured out these are optimal for their fast unloading time. They don't have the flight range to reach Hawaii so he did this to get them there:pic.twitter.com/oo0qG57Ypx
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