IAG vs. EZJ, WIZZ, RYA, EXPN, FERG, WPY, AHT, RR.L, RTO, and AXON
Should you be buying International Consolidated Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Consolidated Airlines Group include easyJet (EZJ), Wizz Air (WIZZ), Ryanair (RYA), Experian (EXPN), Ferguson (FERG), Worldpay (WPY), Ashtead Group (AHT), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Rentokil Initial (RTO), and Axon Enterprise (AXON). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
easyJet (LON:EZJ) and International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
easyJet presently has a consensus price target of GBX 655, indicating a potential upside of 41.44%. International Consolidated Airlines Group has a consensus price target of GBX 225, indicating a potential upside of 31.93%. Given International Consolidated Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe easyJet is more favorable than International Consolidated Airlines Group.
easyJet pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. International Consolidated Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. easyJet pays out 1,020.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Consolidated Airlines Group pays out 6,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
International Consolidated Airlines Group received 289 more outperform votes than easyJet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.19% of users gave International Consolidated Airlines Group an outperform vote while only 67.30% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.
43.3% of easyJet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of easyJet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.5% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, International Consolidated Airlines Group had 2 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for International Consolidated Airlines Group and 0 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat International Consolidated Airlines Group's score of 0.00 indicating that International Consolidated Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Consolidated Airlines Group has a net margin of 9.13% compared to International Consolidated Airlines Group's net margin of 4.27%. easyJet's return on equity of 100.19% beat International Consolidated Airlines Group's return on equity.
International Consolidated Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than easyJet. International Consolidated Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than easyJet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
easyJet has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Consolidated Airlines Group has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
International Consolidated Airlines Group beats easyJet on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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