AZUL vs. AAL, ALK, CPA, SKYW, JBLU, ULCC, ALGT, VLRS, HA, and SNCY
Should you be buying Azul stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Azul include American Airlines Group (AAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Frontier Group (ULCC), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Hawaiian (HA), and Sun Country Airlines (SNCY). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Azul (NYSE:AZUL) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 3 more articles in the media than Azul. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for American Airlines Group and 5 mentions for Azul. Azul's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat American Airlines Group's score of -0.04 indicating that Azul is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Azul currently has a consensus target price of $11.12, suggesting a potential upside of 116.70%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $16.53, suggesting a potential upside of 43.45%. Given Azul's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Azul is more favorable than American Airlines Group.
American Airlines Group received 527 more outperform votes than Azul when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave American Airlines Group an outperform vote while only 65.72% of users gave Azul an outperform vote.
American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Azul. Azul is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.8% of Azul shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Azul shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of American Airlines Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Airlines Group has a net margin of 0.94% compared to Azul's net margin of -6.90%. Azul's return on equity of 0.00% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
Azul has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Airlines Group beats Azul on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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