Is Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT) A Smart Long-Term Buy?
Wasatch Global Investors, an investment management firm, published its “Wasatch Core Growth Fund” first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 5.59% was recorded by the fund for the Q1 of 2021, trailing the benchmark, Russell 2000 Index, that increased 12.70% and the Russell 2000 Growth Index that rose 4.88% for the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Wasatch Global Investors, in its Q1 2021 investor letter, mentioned Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT), and shared their insights on the company. Allegiant Travel Company is a Las Vegas, Nevada-based travel and hospitality company that currently has a $3.6 billion market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, ALGT delivered an 18.76% return, impressively extending its 12-month gains to 204.53%. As of May 07, 2021, the stock closed at $224.74 per share.
Here is what Wasatch Global Investors has to say about Allegiant Travel Company in its Q1 2021 investor letter:
"We recently purchased additional shares of Allegiant Travel Co. (ALGT) not because it’s a play on the economic reopening but because we like the company’s fundamentals and stock price from a risk/reward perspective. Allegiant offers airline flights, hotel bookings, car rentals, travel management and other related services. When the stock price declined in 2020, we performed more research on the company. Although other travelrelated companies were facing dire circumstances, Allegiant wasn’t forced to raise dilutive equity or take government money. Since then, Allegiant has strengthened its relationships with pilots and crews and has positioned itself to benefit from leisure travel—which should accelerate sooner than business travel."
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