EVA AIRWAYS Inc. (2618 TT Equity) Currently traded at: 39.8TWD Market Cap: 213.5 billion TWD P/E: 25.8x Est P/E: 11.0x Revenue Distribution: Passenger Services International Air Transport, scheduled, non-scheduled and charter flights Cargo Services International cargo, express, mail and parcel transportation Other Services In-flight duty free sales and aircraft maintenance services Historical Analysis 2018-2019 the stock price stays relatively stable 2020 10/3:Affected by the epidemic, Evergreen canceled most of its flights in China, and Japan, South Korea and Northeast Asia routes were also forced to adjust flights. 2021 5/12: Taiwan stocks have been hit by rising investor concern over further tightening measures of covid-19 and a global tech selloff that has weighted on index heavyweight TSMC ( TSMC 4.4% ) 5/27: IATA on Wednesday said global air passenger traffic is expected to recover to 52% of pre-covid levels in 2021(China and Eva9.9%) 10/04: Asian airlines climb amid Hopes for Merck’s COVID pill(Eva 9.5%) 11/08: Asian Travel Stocks Climb as Pfizer Pill Fuels Reopening Hopes(Eva 6.6%) 11/16:Taiwan Airline Stocks Surge Amid Record High Air Freight Report: Air freight to the U.S. has risen to a record for urgent shipments due to high demand(Eva9.9%) 2022 01/23: The Russian military is on the verge of invading the Ukraine.( In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine) 02/17: as countries gradually unblock, air passenger transportation also sees a turnaround. 2Q22 earnings missed on surging costs. In light of markedly rising fuel prices and depreciation of the NT dollar, which could further push up the expense weighting of jet fuel above 30% 10/13: Taiwan officially reopened its borders and The market expects passenger revenue to rise meaningfully on surging travel demand post-pandemic, but EVA outperforms decline in TWSE index(EVA 8.1% ) 1Q23 1Q23 consolidated sales rose 47.6% YoY 1. Eva Airways has significantly increased flights to cope with the surge in travel demand ,accelerating RPK recovery. 2. Tail-winded by the long CNY holiday, January 2023 RPK was 83% of the January 2019 level. 2Q23 High passenger ticket prices in short supply (1) ticket prices of hot-selling flights to northeast Asia have remained high due to airport crew shortages, keeping service supply below prepandemic levels (2) the weighting of passengers departing on international airlines dropped from 44-46% pre-pandemic to 33% in 1Q23, encouraging domestic airlines to raise prices amid less competition (3) higher variable costs of passenger business post-pandemic are being accounted for in ticket pricing. Takeaway: Stock price is correlated to the global event from 2018-2022, and the fuel cost is also important factors that influence on the stock, which is subject to the oil price. We also need to consider the supply and the demand, because they can change the total revenue and its distribution.