VLRS vs. HA, SNCY, SAVE, ALGT, ULCC, JBLU, AZUL, TK, DESP, and CYRX
Should you be buying Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación include Hawaiian (HA), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Frontier Group (ULCC), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Azul (AZUL), Teekay (TK), Despegar.com (DESP), and Cryoport (CYRX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (NYSE:VLRS) and Hawaiian (NASDAQ:HA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación has higher revenue and earnings than Hawaiian. Hawaiian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hawaiian had 10 more articles in the media than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hawaiian and 11 mentions for Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación. Hawaiian's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's score of -0.23 indicating that Hawaiian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
53.3% of Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Hawaiian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación currently has a consensus price target of $12.22, suggesting a potential upside of 39.66%. Hawaiian has a consensus price target of $11.33, suggesting a potential downside of 16.73%. Given Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación is more favorable than Hawaiian.
Hawaiian received 78 more outperform votes than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.49% of users gave Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave Hawaiian an outperform vote.
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawaiian has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación has a net margin of 3.40% compared to Hawaiian's net margin of -10.90%. Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's return on equity of 54.46% beat Hawaiian's return on equity.
Summary
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación beats Hawaiian on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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