WIZZ vs. IAG, EZJ, RYA, AXON, HLMA, MRO, ITRK, SPX, MGGT, and SMIN
Should you be buying Wizz Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wizz Air include International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), easyJet (EZJ), Ryanair (RYA), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Halma (HLMA), Melrose Industries (MRO), Intertek Group (ITRK), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Meggitt (MGGT), and Smiths Group (SMIN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) and International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Wizz Air has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Consolidated Airlines Group has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.
International Consolidated Airlines Group has a net margin of 9.13% compared to Wizz Air's net margin of 2.15%. International Consolidated Airlines Group's return on equity of 100.19% beat Wizz Air's return on equity.
Wizz Air presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,500, suggesting a potential upside of 1.63%. International Consolidated Airlines Group has a consensus target price of GBX 225, suggesting a potential upside of 32.86%. Given International Consolidated Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe International Consolidated Airlines Group is more favorable than Wizz Air.
International Consolidated Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wizz Air. Wizz Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Consolidated Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.7% of Wizz Air shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.7% of Wizz Air 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers 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 Wizz Air. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for International Consolidated Airlines Group and 0 mentions for Wizz Air. International Consolidated Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Wizz Air'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 received 1315 more outperform votes than Wizz Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.19% of users gave International Consolidated Airlines Group an outperform vote while only 76.35% of users gave Wizz Air an outperform vote.
Summary
International Consolidated Airlines Group beats Wizz Air on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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