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Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V. (VLRS)

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V., operating through its subsidiaries such as Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.P.I. de C.V., offers comprehensive air transportation for individuals, cargo, and postal shipments within Mexico and across international borders. This airline manages around 410 daily flights, linking 43 Mexican cities, 22 destinations in the United States, and three cities in Central America. By the close of 2020, its operational capacity was supported by a fleet of 86 aircraft. Furthermore, the company expands its services to include merchandise sales, human resources functions like recruitment and payroll, travel agency operations, and a dedicated customer loyalty program. Established in 2005, the firm's principal office is situated in Mexico City, Mexico.

Sector: Air Transportation, Scheduled

Industry: Airlines, Airports & Air Services

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. logo

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V.

NYSE:VLRSIndustrials
-1.06%$5.62
AH Close$5.75+2.31%vs close
Mkt Cap$646.03M
Float86.64M
O/S114.95M
Inst Own34.9%
SI1.0%
Dilution
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. logoNYSE:VLRS$5.62-1.06%
Delisting Issues Timeline
Financials Summary
Revenue$3.04B
Net Income-$103.87M
Total Assets$5.64B
Free Cash Flow$750M
Debt & Equity
Debt 94%
Equity 6%
Total Debt$3.86B
Total Equity$263M
Shares Outstanding
Short Interest
Split History

No splits on record

Nothing in VLRS's public trading history: no forward or reverse split has affected the share count.

Balance Sheet Details
Assets$5.64B
Liabilities$5.37B
Accounts Receivable$262M
Accounts Payable$192M
Inventory$17M
PP&E (Net)$3.48B
Goodwill$0
Intangible Assets$38M
Income Statement
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012FY 2011FY 2010
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-312011-12-312010-12-31
Revenue$3.04B$3.14B$3.26B$2.85B$2.2B$54.06M$94.84M$71.82M$63.54M$54.59M$60.61M$69.17M$77.7M$66.96M$46.68M$44.42M
YoY Growth-3.3%-3.6%14.5%29.4%3970.2%-43.0%32.1%13.0%16.4%-9.9%-12.4%-11.0%16.0%43.4%5.1%-
Cost of Revenue$2.86B$2.63B$2.75B$2.6B$1.65B$55.37M$76.86M$65.31M$53.62M$44.04M$47.01M$61.93M$69.65M$58.95M$43.2M$35.43M
Gross Profit$173.84M$515.5M$505.2M$245.5M$548.84M-$1.31M$17.98M$6.5M$9.92M$10.55M$13.6M$7.24M$8.04M$8.01M$3.48M$8.98M
Gross Margin5.7%16.4%15.5%8.6%24.9%-2.4%19.0%9.1%15.6%19.3%22.4%10.5%10.4%12.0%7.5%20.2%
Research and Development$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Selling, General, and Administrative$234.65M$282.48M$313.28M$206M$158.8M$6.89M$6.78M$6.53M$6.75M$5.28M$5.67M$6.13M$6.07M$5.78M$3.95M$5.25M
Other-$159.68M-$146.57M-$18.97M$15.35M-$6.99M-$1.48M-$685K-$1.44M-$6K-$1.01M-$443K$100K$80K$65K$1.5M$384K
Total Operating Expenses$74.97M$135.91M$294.31M$221.35M$151.81M$5.41M$6.1M$5.1M$6.74M$4.27M$5.23M$6.23M$6.15M$5.84M$5.45M$5.63M
Operating Income (EBIT)$98.88M$379.59M$210.9M$24.14M$397.03M-$6.71M$11.89M$1.41M$3.19M$6.28M$8.37M$1.01M$1.9M$2.17M-$1.96M$3.35M
Operating Margin3.3%12.1%6.5%0.8%18.0%-12.4%12.5%2.0%5.0%11.5%13.8%1.5%2.4%3.2%-4.2%7.5%
Interest Expense$311.78M$294M$218.76M$193M$139.58M$119.52M$117.9M$97.54M$4.57M$1.69M$1.26M$2.17M$9.67M$6.99M$4.15M$4.23M
Interest Income$47.84M$49M$33.61M$13M$3.15M$4.63M$10.79M$7.92M$5.56M$109.67M$2.72M$1.56M$1.92M$1.06M$398K$413K
Other Income (Expense)-$217.13M-$196.9M-$203.45M-$156.5M-$260M-$6.03M-$1.7M-$4.81M-$1.86M$5.2M$3.31M$2.17M-$206K-$982K$305K-$699K
Income Before Tax (EBT)-$118.25M$182.69M$7.44M-$132.36M$137.03M-$12.75M$10.19M-$3.4M$1.32M$11.48M$11.68M$3.17M$1.69M$1.18M-$1.66M$2.65M
Income Tax Expense-$14.38M$56.31M-$377K-$52.14M$30.57M-$3.1M$2.99M-$920K$609K$3.39M$3.46M$191K$105K$20K$3K-$1.56M
Net Income-$103.87M$126.38M$7.82M-$80.22M$106.45M-$9.64M$7.2M-$2.48M$714K$8.09M$8.21M$2.98M$1.61M$1.23M-$1.54M$3.75M
Net Income Margin-3.4%4.0%0.2%-2.8%4.8%-17.8%7.6%-3.5%1.1%14.8%13.6%4.3%2.1%1.8%-3.3%8.4%
Supplementary Data
EPS-0.901.100.07-0.260.89-2.101.40-0.350.001.701.400.410.240.21-0.260.64
Diluted EPS-0.901.100.07-0.260.89-2.101.40-0.350.001.701.400.410.240.21-0.260.64
Weighted Average OS114.89M115.07M115.25M115.50M116.60M100.50M101.19M101.19M101.19M101.19M101.19M101.19M86.56M80.34M80.34M72.76M
EBITDA$850.27M$1.07B$721.02M$477.05M$600.99M$269.82M$295.72M$13.5M$34.21M$12.95M$13.41M$5.05M$25.64M$17.61M-$720K$7.88M
EBITDA Margin28.0%33.9%22.1%16.8%27.3%499.1%311.8%18.8%53.8%23.7%22.1%7.3%33.0%26.3%-1.5%17.7%
Balance Sheet
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012FY 2011
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-312011-12-31
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents$754M$899.45M$761.22M$711.85M$745.41M$507.81M$421.35M$298.32M$353.91M$341.3M$298.63M$153.74M$188.14M$64.04M$31.68M
Short-Term Investments$20M$45.74M$15.27M$0$0$10K$7.05M$3.18M$25.33M$26.23M$0$0$844K$184K$67K
Cash and Short-Term Investments$774M$945.18M$776.48M$711.85M$745.41M$507.82M$428.4M$301.5M$379.24M$367.54M$298.63M$153.74M$188.99M$64.22M$31.75M
Accounts Receivable$262M$138.81M$250.6M$243.65M$112.75M$101.63M$122.52M$74.63M$73.79M$46.47M$25.19M$30.45M$46.21M$30.17M$17.16M
Inventory$17M$16.63M$16.12M$22.2M$23.07M$14.02M$15.94M$15.13M$15.01M$11.77M$9.44M$9.48M$8.75M$7.57M$5.75M
Other Current Assets$278M$14.78M$17.3M$74.19M$88.73M$10K$11.86M$3.18M$25.33M$147K$176K$207K$234K$739K$490K
Total Current Assets$1.39B$1.38B$1.25B$1.07B$984.65M$725.46M$639.8M$471.87M$576.02M$581.11M$419.31M$250.38M$307.05M$141.39M$81.2M
Long-Term Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment Net$3.48B$3.54B$3.14B$2.66B$2.39B$2.09B$2.2B$294.21M$222.8M$121.87M$147.64M$150.92M$102.94M$93.11M$108.98M
Goodwill$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Intangible Assets$38M$25.96M$16.22M$12.72M$12.71M$9.63M$8.84M$9.11M$9.7M$5.5M$5.48M$4.93M$6.06M$4.69M$4.18M
Long-Term Investments$0$0$1.68M$1.58M$1.41M$16K$142K$0$0$15.65M$3.97M$370K$199.81M$174.85M$143.8M
Deferred Tax Assets$0$286.2M$236.03M$208.01M$142.09M$157.25M$77.22M$30.19M$28.64M$26.98M$31.53M$22.25M$23.41M$24.92M$21.7M
Other Long-Term Assets$726M$469.85M$503.08M$519.55M$481.22M$445.77M$419.83M$330.34M$316.94M$324.47M$275.74M$243.5M$3.76M$5.17M$3.7M
Total Long-Term Assets$4.24B$4.32B$3.9B$3.4B$3.02B$2.7B$2.7B$663.85M$578.07M$494.48M$464.37M$421.96M$335.99M$302.75M$282.36M
Other Assets$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$77K$0$0
Total Assets$5.64B$5.7B$5.15B$4.47B$4.01B$3.43B$3.34B$1.14B$1.15B$1.08B$883.68M$672.34M$643.11M$444.14M$363.57M
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable$192M$161.24M$233.86M$209.47M$119.4M$112.28M$84.33M$55.23M$54.86M$41.6M$45.23M$34.32M$40.96M$40.53M$38.46M
Short-Term Debt$262M$283.62M$220.29M$447.77M$483.53M$78.14M$110.14M$61.68M$122.38M$50.74M$79.4M$55.55M$20.57M$41.08M$49.34M
Current Income Tax Payable$0$302.92M$270M$5.74M$4.21M$112.59M$7.42M$98.35M$5.67M$33.74M$83.66M$45.96M$45.98M$43.66M$30.6M
Current Unearned Revenue$0$363.63M$347.11M$351.49M$309.43M$294.08M$196.18M$124.08M$113.95M$105.53M$113.33M$96.45M$106.93M$98.05M$59.29M
Other Current Liabilities$785M$62.8M$2.3M$386.19M$321.08M$26.42M$22.85M$263.84M$11.82M$35.07M$18.3M$17.36M$4.43M$3.57M$3.73M
Total Current Liabilities$1.92B$1.77B$1.62B$1.42B$1.26B$1.07B$916.06M$470.32M$477.18M$404.98M$411.29M$323.67M$297.22M$289.93M$228.33M
Long-Term Liabilities
Long-Term Debt$441M$526.36M$432.78M$160.89M$108.66M$190.28M$152.59M$117.59M$54.95M$45.52M$12.73M$28.83M$22.57M$49.27M$52.11M
Long-Term Unearned Revenue$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$17.61M$12.02M$8.84M$3.43M$1.95M$10.98M$320K$0
Long-Term Deferred Tax Liabilities$0$17.93M$15.71M$10.46M$11.26M$10.04M$8.24M$56.01M$82.3M$88.66M$51.27M$1.82M$1.69M$834K$0
Other Long-Term Liabilities$272M$353.97M$314.56M$268.72M$173.37M$139.61M$84.41M$6.98M$1.51B$6.59M$9.77M$12.66M$6.52M$20.07M$21.37M
Total Long-Term Liabilities$3.46B$3.57B$3.28B$2.81B$2.43B$2.22B$2.14B$198.19M$159.43M$149.62M$77.2M$45.27M$41.76M$70.5M$73.48M
Other Liabilities$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Total Liabilities$5.37B$5.34B$4.9B$4.23B$3.69B$3.29B$3.05B$668.51M$636.61M$554.6M$488.49M$368.94M$338.98M$360.43M$301.81M
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Common Stock$248M$248.28M$248.28M$248.28M$167.43M$248.28M$157.01M$151.3M$151.4M$143.52M$172.18M$201.84M$228.29M$185.09M$141.23M
Retained Earnings-$109M-$21.71M-$148.08M-$155.9M-$84.77M-$164.77M$18.92M$216.8M$258.66M$286.1M$139.44M-$1.19M-$50.74M-$72.42M-$82.23M
Comprehensive Income & Other-$146M-$132.33M-$128.09M-$127.95M$15.09M-$218.19M$21.51M$11.08M$19.86M$8.48M-$14.85M-$10.74M-$2.15M-$5.43M-$5.09M
Other Stockholders' Equity$124M$138.24M$142.4M$142.36M$232.29M$57.03M$111.82M$99.12M$107.41M$91.37M$83.57M$102.75M$126.58M-$30.71M-$5.09M
Total Equity$263M$364.81M$242.59M$234.74M$314.95M$140.54M$287.74M$467.22M$517.47M$520.99M$395.19M$303.4M$304.13M$81.97M$53.91M
Minority Interest$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$1.75M$7.84M
Total Liabilities and Equity$5.64B$5.7B$5.15B$4.47B$4.01B$3.43B$3.34B$1.14B$1.15B$1.08B$883.68M$672.34M$643.11M$442.39M$355.72M
Supplementary Data
Total Debt$3.86B$3.87B$3.54B$2.98B$2.73B$2.49B$2.25B$185.52M$177.33M$96.94M$91.7M$84.39M$43.14M$90.36M$101.45M
Net Debt$3.1B$2.97B$2.78B$2.27B$1.99B$1.98B$1.83B-$112.79M-$176.59M-$244.36M-$206.93M-$69.35M-$145M$26.32M$69.77M
Cash Flow Statement
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012FY 2011FY 2010
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-312011-12-312010-12-31
Operating Activities
Net Income-$104M$126M$7.82M-$80.22M$106.45M-$253.45M$139.35M-$34.98M-$30.27M$169.87M$202.79M$43.71M$21.71M$16.11M-$22.63M$32.8M
Depreciation & Amortization$656.75M$593.05M$496.31M$417.93M$326.4M$276.61M$279.36M$11.98M$29.02M$1.4M$1.68M$1.79M$23.62M$16.04M$633K$4.89M
Deferred Income Tax$0$0-$377K-$52.14M$0-$1.41B$57.81M-$11.87M-$8.21M$70.33M-$26.66M-$10.81M-$7.78M$0$0$0
Stock-Based Compensation$0$0$5.93M$709K-$1.27M$2.29M$1.7M$657K$447K$233K$246K$71K$159K$0$0$0
Changes in Working Capital:
  Accounts Receivable$0$47.72M$69.61M$16.38M$1.13M$35.88M-$16.07M$938K$650K-$5.58M-$83.78M$2.82M-$3.16M-$6.28M-$2.08M-$7.2M
  Inventory$0-$516K-$359K-$1.36M-$857K$1.07M-$245K-$123K-$2.6M-$3.9M-$1.35M-$1.75M-$1.28M-$1.34M-$2.53M-$361K
  Accounts Payable$0-$70.07M$36.62M$86.63M$6.17M$41.52M$27.36M$713K$9.98M$6.57M$17.4M-$1.13M$1.01M-$1.18M$6.33M$20.3M
  Other Working Capital$0$97.76M-$84.7M$104.24M$108.31M$1.11M-$18.13M$26.93M$864K$8.26M$44.09M-$31.35M-$35.09M$18.43M-$10.85M-$16.41M
Total Working Capital Change$0$74.89M$21.16M$205.89M$114.75M$79.58M-$7.08M$28.45M$8.9M$5.35M-$23.65M-$31.42M-$38.51M$9.64M-$9.13M-$3.68M
Other Non-Cash Items$197.25M$296.06M$198.98M$121.44M$239.03M$1.51B$28.86M$34.54M$50.31M-$199.95M$23.33M$19.33M$3.79M-$3.03M$20.51M$9.7M
Net Cash from Operating$750M$1.09B$729.83M$613.6M$785.36M$213.75M$500M$28.79M$50.2M$47.24M$177.74M$22.67M$2.99M$38.75M-$10.61M$43.71M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures$0$0-$480.75M-$347.15M-$186.12M-$157.13M-$188.01M-$143.19M-$135.06M-$109.06M-$84.31M-$108.78M-$89.12M-$66.7M-$87.26M-$26.07M
Acquisitions$0$0$0$0-$79K$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Purchases of Investments$0$0-$17.01M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Sales of Investments$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing Activities-$89M-$472M$35.72M$216.45M$51.55M$153.98M$88.78M$72.49M$19.97M$107.71M$49.5M$28.35M$65.17M$81.28M$42.15M$11K
Net Cash from Investing-$89M-$472M-$462.04M-$130.69M-$134.65M-$3.15M-$99.23M-$70.7M-$115.09M-$1.35M-$34.82M-$80.44M-$23.95M$14.58M-$45.11M-$26.06M
Financing Activities
Debt Repaid-$406.24M$171.67M$490.21M$421.2M$275.84M$258.75M$289.81M$179.21M-$8.92M-$7.14M-$38.43M$49.11M$11.26M-$44.36M-$3.73M
Common Stock Issuance$0$0$1.02M$0$0$164.4M$0$0$0$0$1.36M$0$199.9M$0$0$0
Common Stock Repurchases$0-$5.07M-$4.02M-$5.24M-$4.37M-$4.51M-$3.98M-$2.92M-$515K-$822K$0-$479K$0$0$0$0
Dividends Paid$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Financing Activities-$819M-$60.69M-$41.21M-$17.64M-$9.62M-$13.61M-$11.77M-$9.82M-$5.33M-$7.58M-$3.37M-$2.33M-$7.93M-$9.92M-$3.97M-$11.04M
Net Cash from Financing-$819M-$472M-$214.39M-$513.09M-$435.18M-$129.57M-$274.49M-$11.97M$71.2M$520K$3.77M$35.64M$142.85M-$21.18M$40.39M-$7.3M
Forex Effect$4M-$12M$8.91M$911K$19.13M$1.99M-$14.49M-$1.49M-$12.43M$45.97M$20.79M$9.57M$3.15M-$2.47M-$1.61M-$2.05M
Net Change in Cash-$153.98M$133.85M$62.3M-$29.27M$234.65M$83.02M$111.78M-$55.36M-$6.13M$92.38M$167.49M-$12.63M$125.05M$29.68M-$16.94M$8.3M
Supplementary Data
Operating Cash Flow$750M$1.09B$729.83M$613.6M$785.36M$213.75M$500M$28.79M$50.2M$47.24M$177.74M$22.67M$2.99M$38.75M-$10.61M$43.71M
Capital Expenditure$0-$583.08M-$491.14M-$353.94M-$196.18M-$162.94M-$188.01M-$143.19M-$135.06M-$109.06M-$84.31M-$108.78M-$89.12M-$66.7M-$87.26M-$26.07M
Free Cash Flow$750M$506.65M$238.69M$259.67M$589.17M$50.81M$311.99M-$114.4M-$84.87M-$61.82M$93.43M-$86.11M-$86.13M-$27.95M-$97.87M$17.64M
Cash at Beginning$907.98M$774.15M$711.85M$741.12M$506.47M$423.45M$309.57M$353.67M$360.04M$248.92M$131.15M$166.37M$63.1M$34.36M$48.62M$46.59M
Cash at End$754M$908M$774.15M$711.85M$741.12M$506.47M$421.35M$298.32M$353.91M$341.3M$298.63M$153.75M$188.14M$64.04M$31.68M$54.89M