How to buy Ryanair shares in the UK

Ryanair is a budget airline based in the UK. It is the largest airline in Ireland and the largest budget airline in Europe. Customers of Ryanair can fly to up to 225 destinations, including Dublin, Vienna and Alicante. Ryanair has a reputation for charging extra for a large number of services, resulting in a series of social media posts mocking the airline.

How to buy shares in Ryanair

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. RYAAY in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Alternative ways to invest in Ryanair

Via a fund

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Ryanair), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Ryanair is a major part of the NASDAQ, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Is it a good time to buy Ryanair stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Ryanair's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of RYAAY stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of $43.94

1 week (2024-11-13)	-1.81%
1 month (2024-10-20)	-4.19%
3 months (2024-08-20)	12.31%
6 months (2024-05-20)	-17.79%
1 year (2023-11-20)	32.66%
2 years (2022-11-20)	79.79%
3 years (2021-11-20)	6.77%
5 years (2019-11-20)	59.13%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Is Ryanair under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Ryanair P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Ryanair's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, Ryanair's shares trade at around 15x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

However, Ryanair's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.

EasyJet (EZJ.LSE): 10.56
International Consolidated Airlines Group S-A (IAG.LSE): 5.44
The Boeing Company (BA.US): 0.00
Wizz Air (WIZZ.LSE): 7.39

Ryanair's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 70.7513. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Ryanair's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

However, it's sensible to consider Ryanair's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.

EasyJet (EZJ.LSE): 0.61
International Consolidated Airlines Group S-A (IAG.LSE): 0.97
The Boeing Company (BA.US): 6.53
Wizz Air (WIZZ.LSE): 0.52

Ryanair's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $2.7 billion (£2.2 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Ryanair's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.

EasyJet (EZJ.LSE): £620 million
International Consolidated Airlines Group S-A (IAG.LSE): £4.7 billion
The Boeing Company (BA.US): USD$-3991000064
Wizz Air (WIZZ.LSE): £286.8 million

Based in Dublin, and one of the largest budget carriers in the world. Ryanair was publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: RYA) in July 1998, as well as the NASDAQ.

Frequently asked questions

Despite its reputation as one of the cheapest airlines around, Michael O’Leary's Ryanair runs a tight, er, plane. Its financial year ends March 31, and in the 2019-2020 financial year, despite taking a massive hit from the coronavirus pandemic, Ryanair still managed to turn a profit. The brand famously led the way in terms of cost-cutting and doesn't come up against unions to the extent that other airlines can.
The price of Ryanair shares vary based on a wide range of factors, both internal and external. This includes the company's operational and financial performance and outlook, such as earnings reports, dividends and debts. Like with most airlines, the Ryanair share price is also influenced by wider trends in the travel industry, which has been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. As Ryanair is listed on some of the world's largest stock exchanges, like the LSE and NASDAQ, the Ryanair share price is also impacted by wider trends in the stock market, and can vary in price based on overall market sentiment and independent to its own performance. In stock market crashes like that caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the price of many shares will drop as investors panic or adjust their portfolios, and this may also be the case with the Ryanair share price.
Like many airlines, Ryanair has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and has grounded a majority of its fleet due to global travel restrictions. As a result, the Ryanair share price dropped significantly, wiping out the gains from the second half of 2019. Investors looking to buy or sell Ryanair shares will need to evaluate the company's financial outlook in light of the coronavirus pandemic, and whether it will be able to bounce back once international tourism returns.
Ryanair's shares were split on a 2499:1000 basis on 29 September 2024. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2499 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Ryanair shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 60% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Ryanair shares which in turn could have impacted Ryanair's share price.
It's as easy to sell Ryanair as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Ryanair shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Ryanair shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Ryanair financials

Revenue TTM	$13.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	32.55%
Gross profit TTM	$791.1 million
Return on assets TTM	6.34%
Return on equity TTM	18.91%
Profit margin	11.28%
Book value	$7.09
Market capitalisation	$24.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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