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8-K ·Filed May 21, 2026

JTAI

Jet.AI Inc.
BEARISH
Impact 7/10
Horizonweeks Processed5mo ago SEC0001493152-26-024854
8-K Item 2.02: Earnings release
Actionable Insight ▼ Bearish

The dramatic revenue decline and massive dilution (shares outstanding up 20x in one quarter) overwhelm any speculative upside from the SpaceX interest or AI data center milestones. The flyExclusive merger vote on June 11 is the next binary catalyst — monitor for shareholder approval and any exit of the company from Nasdaq listing thresholds. Short-term, the operating cash burn continues and the business model is in transition with no clear path to profitability.

DirectionBearish
Confidencehigh
Horizonweeks
Final — all horizons settled through T+60d
JTAI ▲ +116.32% at T+60d
SHORT call ✗ call lost -116.32% · α vs SPY -113.13% · entry $0.6703 → $1.45
Entry = T+0 close
May 21, 2026
via day close
T+1d
+11.03%
call -11.03% · α -10.37%
$0.7442
settled 5mo ago
T+5d
+27.44%
call -27.44% · α -25.71%
$0.8542
settled 5mo ago
T+20d
-0.57%
call +0.57% · α -0.80%
$0.6665
settled 4mo ago
T+60d
+116.32%
call -116.32% · α -113.13%
$1.45
settled 2mo ago

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Executive Summary

Jet.AI reported Q1 2026 revenue of $1.68M (down 52% YoY from $3.47M), a GAAP net loss of -$2.68M (EPS -$6.68, missing the lone analyst estimate of -$2.00 by 234%), and operating cash burn of -$3.04M. The company highlighted $13.5M in cash, a $5M buyback authorization, a pending flyExclusive merger vote on June 11, 2026, and a recently acquired $5M economic interest in SpaceX. Operating losses continued at -$2.87M vs -$3.17M a year ago. The non-cash 'profitability' cited for FY2025 was driven entirely by an unrealized $14.5M gain on other investments, not operations.

Key Financial Metrics

EPS
−$6.68
est −$2.00 · -234.0%
Revenue
$1.7M
est $1.1M · +52.8% · -51.6% YoY
Rating
strong miss
Gross Margin
-13.9%

Key Facts

  • Q1 2026 revenue $1.68M vs $3.47M YoY, a 52% decline driven by the winding down of the aviation charter business in transition to AI infrastructure
  • GAAP EPS -$6.68 vs consensus -$2.00, a 234% miss; net loss -$2.68M
  • Gross loss widened to -$234K from -$116K YoY; operating loss -$2.87M
  • Operating cash flow -$3.04M vs -$2.18M in Q1 2025; FCF not separately stated
  • Cash balance $13.5M at March 31, 2026, up from $1.8M at year-end 2025, after raising $19.8M in common stock during the quarter and spending $3.2M on offering costs
  • Board authorized a $5M share repurchase program; $5.0M economic interest in SpaceX acquired post-quarter-end
  • flyExclusive merger shareholder vote scheduled for June 11, 2026; company sold one HondaJet in preparation for closing
  • Common stock shares outstanding surged from ~31K at Dec 2025 to ~640K at Mar 2026 (20x increase), driving massive dilution
  • Employment agreements with CEO and CFO amended to extend non-compete to 2 years post-termination for a $1K bonus each, with added clawback provisions

Financial Impact

Q1 2026 revenue decline of 52% YoY to $1.68M; net loss -$2.68M; EPS miss of 234%

revenueepsnet_incomeoperating_cash_flowdilution

Risk Factors

  • flyExclusive merger may fail at shareholder vote, leaving Jet.AI with a shrinking charter business and no clear strategic direction
  • Continued cash burn (-$3.0M operating cash flow per quarter) and high dilution to fund operations; $13.5M cash provides <5 quarters of runway
  • Nasdaq continued listing risk given low market cap ($10M) and thin share price
  • SpaceX IPO timing, pricing, and liquidity are speculative and may never materialize as realizable value for JTAI shareholders

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Air Transportation, Nonscheduled
Analyst Consensus
86% bullish (7 analysts)

Investment Themes

Industrials & Manufacturing

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 8 SEC documents filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
8-K Filing (Primary)0001493152-26-024854
Exhibit: ex10-1.htm0001493152-26-024854
Exhibit: ex10-2.htm0001493152-26-024854
Document: form8-k.htm0001493152-26-024854
Document: 0001493152-26-024854-index-headers.html0001493152-26-024854
Document: 0001493152-26-024854-index.html0001493152-26-024854
Document: 0001493152-26-024854.txt0001493152-26-024854
8-K Data (Synthetic)0001493152-26-024854
11 reports for JTAI
Performance horizon
33% Hit rate @ T+20 1 of 3 directional calls Went positive at some point 3 of 3 best @ T+20▲ +199.38%Jul 6, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for JTAI — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Jul 21, 2026
13w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$2.42 $1.68▼ −30.58%▼ −33.48%$1.02 (−57.85%)
Jul 17, 2026
14w ago
8-K
MIXED ★ 6/10
$2.29 $1.55▼ −32.31%▼ −36.44%$1.02 (−55.46%)
Jul 6, 2026
16w ago
8-K / 425
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$6.80 $20.36▲ +199.38%▲ +198.53%$1.02 (−85.00%)
Jun 12, 2026
19w ago
425
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$6.39 $33.12▼ −418.32%▼ −418.32%$1.02 (+84.04%)
Jun 12, 2026
19w ago
8-K
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$6.39 $33.12▼ −418.32%▼ −418.32%$1.02 (+84.04%)
May 21, 2026
22w ago
8-K
BEARISH ★ 7/10
$0.6703 $0.6665▲ +0.57%▼ −0.80%$1.02 (−52.17%)
May 15, 2026
23w ago
Press Release
MIXED ★ 5/10
$0.6598 $0.6058▼ −8.19%▼ −10.31%$1.02 (+54.59%)
May 4, 2026
25w ago
DEFM14A
MIXED ★ 6/10
$0.6807 $0.8106▲ +19.08%▲ +13.29%$1.02 (+49.85%)
Apr 23, 2026
26w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$0.7290 $0.6551▼ −10.14%▼ −14.98%$1.02 (+39.92%)
Apr 20, 2026
27w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 5/10
$6.94 $6.54▼ −5.76%▼ −9.97%$1.02 (−85.30%)
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Report published May 21, 2026