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GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes / Equity Bottom-Up

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 <li>GOL has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2025, significantly deleveraging its balance sheet and securing $1.9 billion in exit financing to bolster liquidity and fund future growth.</li>
 <li>As a restructured entity, GOL is focused on operational efficiency with its standardized all-Boeing 737 fleet, aiming to restore pre-pandemic domestic capacity by early 2026 and cautiously expand its international network.</li>
 <li>The company operates within a highly competitive and concentrated Brazilian domestic market, facing significant external pressures from volatile fuel prices and currency fluctuations, which remain key risks to its long-term profitability.</li>
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  GOL has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2025, significantly deleveraging its balance sheet and securing $1.9 billion in exit financing to bolster liquidity and fund future growth.
  As a restructured entity, GOL is focused on operational efficiency with its standardized all-Boeing 737 fleet, aiming to restore pre-pandemic domestic capacity by early 2026 and cautiously expand its international network.
  The company operates within a highly competitive and concentrated Brazilian domestic market, facing significant external pressures from volatile fuel prices and currency fluctuations, which remain key risks to its long-term profitability.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (GOL US) - Aug 2026

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

iShares Russell 2000 ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>We discussed last week how consolidation was likely, so far that has played out with the SPX back testing the 4300-4325 area which we anticipated would cap upside for 2023.</li>
<li>We continue to watch short-term support at 4300, and we cannot be bearish if the S&amp;P 500 is above 4300.</li>
<li>The Russell 2000 (IWM) is back to test support at $180; we would expect to see this hold as support, but a failure to hold would mean a trip to $170
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We discussed last week how consolidation was likely, so far that has played out with the SPX back testing the 4300-4325 area which we anticipated would cap upside for 2023.
We continue to watch short-term support at 4300, and we cannot be bearish if the S&amp;P 500 is above 4300.
The Russell 2000 (IWM) is back to test support at $180; we would expect to see this hold as support, but a failure to hold would mean a trip to $170



Russell 2000 (IWM) Testing $180 Support; Breadth Remains Constructive; Construction/Engineering Buys

NASDAQ Composite Index / Technical Analysis

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<li>Since January 2023 we've anticipated for 4165-4200 to cap upside on the S&amp;P 500 for 2023, but that a rally to 4300-4325 is also possible; this remains our view.</li>
<li>In our 5/2/23 Compass we discussed how the Nasdaq Composite was testing 12,300 resistance, and that a breakout and reach to 13,180 is possible.</li>
<li>The Nasdaq Composite hit 13,154 Tuesday as Technology (XLK), and to a lesser extent Communications (XLC), are seemingly in a blowoff stage, while all other Sectors are neutral to bearish.</li>
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Since January 2023 we've anticipated for 4165-4200 to cap upside on the S&amp;P 500 for 2023, but that a rally to 4300-4325 is also possible; this remains our view.
In our 5/2/23 Compass we discussed how the Nasdaq Composite was testing 12,300 resistance, and that a breakout and reach to 13,180 is possible.
The Nasdaq Composite hit 13,154 Tuesday as Technology (XLK), and to a lesser extent Communications (XLC), are seemingly in a blowoff stage, while all other Sectors are neutral to bearish.


Downgrading Discretionary & Health Care to Market Weight, Staples & Utilities to Underweight

Founder & Managing Director, AIR Control Tower, AIR Control Tower

Neil Glynn

Founder & Managing Director, AIR Control Tower

AIR Control Tower

AIR Control Tower is an independent research and analysis platform. Its mission is to provide impactful insight and analysis across the global airline industry at a company and market level via detailed financial models to aid decision making for key stake holders at a time when risks have seldom, if ever, been higher and the global sector grapples with the imperative of funding de-carbonisation. Unique analysis forecasting global carrier-level earnings/cash flows, and restructuring/de-leveraging prospects, is designed to dynamically assess the health of the industry, predict surprises and identify potential requirements for third party support.

Insights on the global airline industry

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<li>Azul and GOL running with liability positions over double LATAM – convergence required to ensure financial sustainability.</li>
<li>Azul’s USD-denominated liabilities continue to weigh heavily, suggesting profitability and full balance sheet clean up distant prospects despite lessor re-negotiations.</li>
<li>GOL’s Chapter 11 process needs to focus on balance sheet recalibration – BRL weakness may require recalibration.</li>
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Azul and GOL running with liability positions over double LATAM – convergence required to ensure financial sustainability.
Azul’s USD-denominated liabilities continue to weigh heavily, suggesting profitability and full balance sheet clean up distant prospects despite lessor re-negotiations.
GOL’s Chapter 11 process needs to focus on balance sheet recalibration – BRL weakness may require recalibration.


Brazilian Airlines – Liability Management Even More Crucial Following BRL Weakness

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<li>Azul's valuation looks optically below, but we publish a deep dive illustrating that cash outflow concerns are the key driver.</li>
<li>Heavy levels of payment arrears built up through COVID are likely to take time to wash through the cash flow statement, which should be a watch point for Abra discussions</li>
<li>Given Azul's margins are top tier by global standards, and Abra airlines Avianca and GOL have moderate leverage, we struggle to see major synergies that would change Azul's situation.</li>
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Azul's valuation looks optically below, but we publish a deep dive illustrating that cash outflow concerns are the key driver.
Heavy levels of payment arrears built up through COVID are likely to take time to wash through the cash flow statement, which should be a watch point for Abra discussions
Given Azul's margins are top tier by global standards, and Abra airlines Avianca and GOL have moderate leverage, we struggle to see major synergies that would change Azul's situation.


Azul – Cash Flow Overhang Requires Structural Solution

Brazil

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. is a Brazilian low-cost airline that provides scheduled and non-scheduled air transportation services for passengers and cargo. The company operates domestic and international flights to destinations across Brazil, South America, the Caribbean, and the United States. GOL also manages the Smiles loyalty program, allowing customers to accumulate and redeem miles for flights. The company is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, and was founded in 2001.

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GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (GOL US)

Primer: GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (GOL US) - Aug 2026

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Downgrading Discretionary & Health Care to Market Weight, Staples & Utilities to Underweight

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Brazilian Airlines – Liability Management Even More Crucial Following BRL Weakness

We publish a deep dive on balance sheet and liability evolution at the Brazilian airlines in the context of continued BRL weakness which threatens...

Neil Glynn

Azul – Cash Flow Overhang Requires Structural Solution

Deep dive on Azul's optically low valuation, illustrating underlying cash flow concerns beyond published net debt levels which should persist over...

Neil Glynn

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