AZUL vs. JBLU, SKYW, ULCC, ALGT, CPA, SNCY, HA, ALK, AAL, and RXO
Should you be buying Azul stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Azul include JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SkyWest (SKYW), Frontier Group (ULCC), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Copa (CPA), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Hawaiian (HA), Alaska Air Group (ALK), American Airlines Group (AAL), and RXO (RXO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Azul (NYSE:AZUL) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Azul has a net margin of -2.68% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -8.79%. Azul's return on equity of 0.00% beat JetBlue Airways' return on equity.
0.8% of Azul shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Azul shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Azul has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Azul has higher revenue and earnings than JetBlue Airways. Azul is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JetBlue Airways, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, JetBlue Airways had 11 more articles in the media than Azul. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for JetBlue Airways and 10 mentions for Azul. JetBlue Airways' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Azul's score of 0.05 indicating that JetBlue Airways is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JetBlue Airways received 354 more outperform votes than Azul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.96% of users gave Azul an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote.
Azul currently has a consensus price target of $12.26, suggesting a potential upside of 93.53%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus price target of $5.68, suggesting a potential downside of 1.65%. Given Azul's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Azul is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.
Summary
Azul beats JetBlue Airways on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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