The Qantas Airways Ltd (ASX: QAN) share price has been alternately battered and buoyed by fast-moving developments in the COVID pandemic.
Like every travel stock, the airlineâs shares were smashed in the early months of the outbreak. And like most travel stocks, the Qantas share price has also enjoyed some big moves higher amid the early vaccine rollouts and the more recent domestic and international border re-openings.
As travel numbers quickly rebounded, the airline â like airlines and airports the world over â has struggled with staffing issues. This has led to a spike in flight delays along with misplaced baggage. Which in turn led to Qantas receiving a rather unenviable Shonky Award from consumer advocacy group Choice earlier this month.
But that doesnât mean the Qantas share price couldnât fly significantly higher from here.
Undervalued and in an earnings upgrade cycle
We recently spoke to Andrew Martin, principal of Alphinity Investment Management.
When running his slide rule over any potential S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) shares, Martin stresses the importance of earnings and investing in quality, undervalued companies in an earnings upgrade cycle.
As far as which ASX 200 shares fit that bill today, Martin said, âQantas Airways is one of those. Weâve seen some really good earnings upgrades come through.â
Acknowledging that the airline has had some teething issues getting back up to speed, he sees good growth potential for the Qantas share price.
According to Martin:
People have been grumbling about them, lost bags and delays and what have you. But the reality is that pricing is going up, thereâs very strong demand domestically and offshore. And thereâs just not a lot of capacity around.
So they are able to generate very good profits, and very good cash flow which rapidly improves the quality of the balance sheet.
Qantas share price snapshot
The Qantas share price has outperformed the ASX 200 in 2022, gaining 14% compared to a 6% loss posted by the benchmark index.
The post Why this fund manager sees tailwinds ahead for the Qantas share price appeared first on The Motley Fool Australia.
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More reading
- Why this fundie has been buying up Qantas shares
- Buy these ASX 200 shares now before the market wakes up: fund manager
- Why did the Qantas share price face headwinds today?
- Why did the Qantas share price have such a lousy start to the week?
- Are ASX share investors getting their mojo back?
Motley Fool contributor Bernd Struben has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.
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