HA vs. ALGT, MESA, JBLU, SNCY, VLRS, SAVE, ULCC, SB, TK, and CVLG
Should you be buying Hawaiian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawaiian include Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Mesa Air Group (MESA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Frontier Group (ULCC), Safe Bulkers (SB), Teekay (TK), and Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Hawaiian (NASDAQ:HA) and Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Hawaiian has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Allegiant Travel received 96 more outperform votes than Hawaiian when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.91% of users gave Allegiant Travel an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave Hawaiian an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hawaiian had 10 more articles in the media than Allegiant Travel. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Hawaiian and 12 mentions for Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Hawaiian's score of 0.22 indicating that Allegiant Travel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allegiant Travel has a net margin of 2.26% compared to Hawaiian's net margin of -10.90%. Allegiant Travel's return on equity of 0.50% beat Hawaiian's return on equity.
70.2% of Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Hawaiian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hawaiian currently has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential downside of 16.73%. Allegiant Travel has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.33%. Given Allegiant Travel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Allegiant Travel is more favorable than Hawaiian.
Allegiant Travel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hawaiian. Hawaiian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegiant Travel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hawaiian pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Allegiant Travel pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Hawaiian pays out -8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allegiant Travel pays out 75.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Allegiant Travel beats Hawaiian on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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