Provides air transportation services for passengers. Transports cargo and mail within Mexico and internationally. Now — the numbers.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 0.2× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 89% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 40% above today's price.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 71% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 8% a year on average.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 31 buys and 20 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $103.9M against $3.0B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
The balance sheet offers little cushion against a rough stretch. Report-card grade: 10/100.
Measured against its sector, the quality of the business sits below the class average. Report-card grade: 32/100.
On our five-subject report card, VLRS sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: VLRS has solid sales but closed last year at a loss. The road back to profit runs through spending discipline.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.