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Analysts were expecting Hawaiian Holdings Inc. (HA) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.28 for last quarter, but HA missed expectations with actual earnings of $0.20---8 cents below the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.00 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that HA’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare HA's 0.00% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 16.23% for the Regional Airlines industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect HA to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Regional Airlines industry, you can see how analysts believe HA will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) [Chart - News - Analysis] and LAN Airlines S.A. (LFL) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe LUV's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 11.75% while LFL's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 17.00%.

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