Wizz Air (WIZZ) Competitors

Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) and easyJet (LON:EZJ) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate WIZZ or EZJ?

Wizz Air currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,500, indicating a potential upside of 16.82%. easyJet has a consensus price target of GBX 663.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.05%. Given easyJet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe easyJet is more favorable than Wizz Air.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wizz Air	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
easyJet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, WIZZ or EZJ?

Wizz Air has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, easyJet has a beta of 2.58, indicating that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, WIZZ or EZJ?

easyJet has higher revenue and earnings than Wizz Air. Wizz Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than easyJet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wizz Air	£4.91B	0.45	£105.60M	-£4.38	-488.58
easyJet	£8.17B	0.48	£324M	£0.43	1,215.00

Is WIZZ or EZJ more profitable?

easyJet has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Wizz Air's net margin of 2.15%. easyJet's return on equity of 12.18% beat Wizz Air's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wizz Air	2.15%	N/A	0.15%
easyJet	3.97%	12.18%	2.88%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WIZZ or EZJ?

easyJet received 1026 more outperform votes than Wizz Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.35% of users gave Wizz Air an outperform vote while only 67.30% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wizz Air	Outperform Votes 536 76.35%	Underperform Votes 166 23.65%
easyJet	Outperform Votes 1562 67.30%	Underperform Votes 759 32.70%

Does the media refer more to WIZZ or EZJ?

In the previous week, Wizz Air had 1 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Wizz Air and 5 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Wizz Air's score of -0.10 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wizz Air	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
easyJet	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WIZZ or EZJ?

45.9% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.2% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of easyJet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

easyJet beats Wizz Air on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.