Finnair: Profitability largely recovered - Evli

Finnair should still have scope for further improvement, however current market conditions also inform some caution with respect to long-term financial targets.

Very high profitability even ahead of the summer season
Finnair’s EUR 749m Q2 revenue landed near the EUR 724m/760m Evli/cons. estimates, while passenger revenue was EUR 40m above our estimate as unit yields were higher than we expected (RASK was 27% above the Q2’19 level). Finnair had its best Q2 in history in terms of EBIT; there were no big cost surprises relative to our estimates and hence the higher-than-estimated top line translated well to comparable EBIT, which was EUR 66m vs the EUR 44m/51m Evli/cons. estimates. Capacity constraints meant maintenance costs were low, but the issue had no major impact on numbers. The capacity issues also led to a further lag in ASK compared to pre-pandemic levels, an industry-wide challenge which however has helped profitability in the short-term.

Länk till analysen i sin helhet: https://www.evli.com/hubfs/ERP/Raportit/Finnair/Finnair%20230724%20Company%20update.pdf