AZUL vs. SKYW, JBLU, CPA, ULCC, ALGT, VLRS, ALK, AAL, HUBG, and GLNG
Should you be buying Azul stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Azul include SkyWest (SKYW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Copa (CPA), Frontier Group (ULCC), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Alaska Air Group (ALK), American Airlines Group (AAL), Hub Group (HUBG), and Golar LNG (GLNG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
SkyWest (NASDAQ:SKYW) and Azul (NYSE:AZUL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
SkyWest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Azul. Azul is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SkyWest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SkyWest had 4 more articles in the media than Azul. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SkyWest and 10 mentions for Azul. Azul's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat SkyWest's score of 0.14 indicating that SkyWest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SkyWest has a net margin of 3.83% compared to SkyWest's net margin of -2.68%. Azul's return on equity of 5.45% beat SkyWest's return on equity.
SkyWest presently has a consensus price target of $62.25, suggesting a potential downside of 19.98%. Azul has a consensus price target of $12.26, suggesting a potential upside of 93.68%. Given SkyWest's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Azul is more favorable than SkyWest.
SkyWest received 78 more outperform votes than Azul when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave SkyWest an outperform vote while only 65.96% of users gave Azul an outperform vote.
81.3% of SkyWest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Azul shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of SkyWest shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Azul shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SkyWest has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Azul has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SkyWest beats Azul on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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