Mon, December 4, 2023 at 5:31 AM MST·2 min read
(Reuters) — Shares of Hawaiian Holdings (HA), the parent of Hawaiian Airlines, nearly tripled in premarket trade on Monday after Alaska Air Group (ALK) agreed to acquire it for $1.9 billion, including debt.
Hawaiian shares were trading at $13.60 premarket, below Alaska's offer price of $18 per share made public on Sunday, with some analysts saying regulatory approval was far from certain.
The company's shares had taken a beating in recent months due to the impact of the Maui wildfires, high fuel costs and jet engine recall issues at some of its Airbus SE planes. Its shares have fallen 52.6% so far this year.
Hawaiian presently has a negative price-to-earnings (PE) ratio of 1.5, reflecting losses, compared to a positive forward 12 months PE ratio of 8.2 for Alaska Air, according to LSEG.
Alaska and Hawaiian said on Sunday the deal, valued at $929.4 million on an equity basis, will expand their networks and offer more choices for passengers.
"This transaction makes good common sense for both airlines," TD Cowen analyst Helane Becker wrote in a note.
The deal will enable Alaska to grow in the lucrative Asia Pacific market, while Hawaiian customers can travel non-stop to the U.S. mainland, Becker added.
However, regulatory resistance to the merger is a possibility. Under a hawkish Biden administration, the U.S. Justice Department had filed a lawsuit in March to stop JetBlue (JBLU) from buying Spirit Airlines (SAVE).
JetBlue shares were up 1%, while Spirit shares were up 4.5% on Monday before the bell.
Alaska Air's CEO Ben Minicucci in an interview on Sunday expressed confidence regulators would approve the deal by the end of 2024 because the two airlines overlap in just 12 of the 1,400 flights they collectively operate.
Shares of Seattle-based Alaska Air were down 9.36% before the bell.
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