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Allegiant Travel's Pro Forma Balance Sheet with Sun Country Airlines Shows $5.963 Billion in Assets

Allegiant Travel’s pro forma combined balance sheet with Sun Country Airlines shows total assets of $5.963 billion as of March 31, 2026, up from Allegiant’s standalone $4.415 billion and Sun Country’s $1.684 billion. The combined company’s cash and cash equivalents would have dropped to $60.6 million from $283.4 million at Allegiant and $153.7 million at Sun Country, after a $376.6 million transaction adjustment. Short-term investments would have risen to $671.3 million, while long-term investments would have increased to $44.9 million.

Property and equipment, net, would have climbed to $4.138 billion from $3.067 billion at Allegiant and $928.1 million at Sun Country. Goodwill would have totaled $335.6 million, including $113.4 million of transaction accounting adjustments. Other intangible assets, net, would have been $66.0 million.

Total liabilities would have reached $4.282 billion, compared with $3.319 billion for Allegiant and $1.024 billion for Sun Country. Long-term debt and finance lease obligations, net, would have been $2.101 billion. Deferred income taxes would have increased to $389.8 million from $322.9 million at Allegiant and $46.9 million at Sun Country. Other noncurrent liabilities would have fallen to $71.1 million from a combined $158.2 million before adjustments.

Total equity would have been $1.682 billion, with retained earnings at $917.5 million, down from Allegiant’s $1.001 billion and Sun Country’s $224.0 million. Additional paid-in capital would have risen to $1.443 billion from $774.2 million at Allegiant and $560.7 million at Sun Country.

For the March 2026 quarter, the pro forma combined company would have produced operating revenue of $1.072 billion, up from Allegiant’s $732.4 million and Sun Country’s $338.4 million. Passenger revenue would have been $899.8 million, fixed fee contracts $75.4 million, third-party products $45.8 million, cargo $47.6 million, and resort and other revenue $3.7 million.

Operating expenses would have totaled $946.8 million, versus $651.3 million for Allegiant and $301.5 million for Sun Country. Salaries and benefits would have been $321.7 million, aircraft fuel $253.1 million, station operations $104.7 million, depreciation and amortization $81.0 million, maintenance and repairs $52.0 million, sales and marketing $38.3 million, aircraft lease rentals $7.5 million, other operating costs $50.7 million, and special charges $37.9 million.

That produced pro forma operating income of $125.5 million, up from $81.1 million at Allegiant and $36.9 million at Sun Country. Income before taxes would have been $103.9 million, and net income $72.4 million, compared with $42.5 million and $24.1 million, respectively, for the two companies separately.

On a per-share basis, the pro forma quarter would have shown basic earnings of $2.66 and diluted earnings of $2.65, versus Allegiant’s $2.30 basic and diluted EPS and Sun Country’s $0.45 basic and $0.43 diluted EPS.

For full-year 2025, the combined company’s operating revenue would have been $3.738 billion, including $3.024 billion of passenger revenue, $301.9 million of fixed fee contracts, $159.5 million of cargo revenue, $155.1 million of third-party products, and $97.7 million of resort and other revenue. Operating expenses would have been $3.694 billion, led by salaries and benefits at $1.215 billion, aircraft fuel at $1.013 billion, station operations at $412.5 million, depreciation and amortization at $324.5 million, and maintenance and repairs at $212.7 million. The market has reacted to these announcements by moving the company's shares 4.92% to a price of $86.36. If you want to know more, read the company's complete 8-K report here.

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