ULCC
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.
ULCC's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over ULCC overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
ULCC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Weak | |
| Stable | |
| Strong |
ULCC's revenue and balance sheet are currently strong, and its cash flow is stable, but its profitability is weak.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
ULCC PE Valuation
ULCC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
ULCC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect ULCC's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for VRT, with profitability improving.
ULCC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.78 | -$1.18 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.67 | -$1.52 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.59 | -630% |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.60 | -262% |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.60 | -$0.57 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.15 | +$0.13 |
| Q1 2025 | $0.30 | +$0.41 |
| Q4 2024 | $0.37 | +$0.42 |
ULCC lost $1.78 per share over the past year, and its loss has widened in each of the last three quarters.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over ULCC on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ULCC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.4B | +53% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.3B | +38% |
| Q1 2026 | $992M | +8.8% |
| Q4 2025 | $997M | -0.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $886M | -5.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $929M | -4.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $912M | +5.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $1B | +12% |
ULCC's revenue has picked up after two years of holding roughly level: $1.4B last quarter, up 53% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -8% | +0.7 points |
| Q2 2026 | -7.6% | +0.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | -29% | -24 points |
| Q4 2025 | 4.9% | +0.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | -8.7% | -11 points |
| Q2 2025 | -8.1% | -11 points |
| Q1 2025 | -5% | -1.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 4.5% | +4.8 points |
ULCC's operating margin was −8% last quarter, up 0.7 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT has the edge over ULCC on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over ULCC on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ULCC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$51M | +$166M |
| Q2 2026 | $138M | +$304M |
| Q1 2026 | $28M | +$132M |
| Q4 2025 | -$113M | -255% |
| Q3 2025 | -$217M | -$47M |
| Q2 2025 | -$166M | -$144M |
| Q1 2025 | -$104M | -$65M |
| Q4 2024 | $73M | +$141M |
ULCC's free cash flow has turned positive after six years mostly in the red: $2M over the past year.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over ULCC on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ULCC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +264K shares |
| 1 year | +0.9% | +2.1M shares |
| 3 years | +4.3% | +9.4M shares |
| 5 years | +5.5% | +12M shares |
| Available history | +15% | +30.6M shares |
ULCC has 230M diluted shares, up 0.9% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q3 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
| Q4 2019 | — |
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has the edge over ULCC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
ULCC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -1.5x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -1.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -1.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2024 | -3.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2023 | -3.0x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2023 | -1.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2023 | -1.8x | Net Cash |
ULCC has more cash than debt.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has more cash than debt.
ULCC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 61.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 69.0 | Neutral |
ULCC's weekly RSI is 62 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 69 (neutral).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
ULCC PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ULCC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
ULCC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
ULCC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $6.19 | 24% above |
| 20 week MA | $6.30 | 22% above |
| 50 week MA | $5.50 | 40% above |
| 100 week MA | $5.28 | 46% above |
| 200 week MA | $6.00 | 28% above |
ULCC has the edge over VRT on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 70% above its 200-week average.
ULCC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $18.9 | $14.3 | -24% |
| 2022 | $14.3 | $10.5 | -27% |
| 2023 | $10.5 | $5.46 | -48% |
| 2024 | $5.46 | $7.17 | +31% |
| 2025 | $7.17 | $4.71 | -34% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.71 | $7.70 | +63% |
ULCC has the edge over VRT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT's yearly returns have swung widely, from +275% in 2023 to −48% in 2022. It's up 25% so far in 2026.