Wheels Up Experience (UP) Competitors

Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL) and Wheels Up Experience (NYSE:UP) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTOL or UP?

Wheels Up Experience received 14 more outperform votes than Bristow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Bristow Group an outperform vote while only 43.24% of users gave Wheels Up Experience an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bristow Group	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
Wheels Up Experience	Outperform Votes 16 43.24%	Underperform Votes 21 56.76%

Is VTOL or UP more profitable?

Bristow Group has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Bristow Group's net margin of -44.05%. Wheels Up Experience's return on equity of 0.17% beat Bristow Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bristow Group	0.10%	0.17%	0.07%
Wheels Up Experience	-44.05%	-495.46%	-24.38%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VTOL or UP?

93.3% of Bristow Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Wheels Up Experience shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Bristow Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheels Up Experience shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VTOL or UP?

Bristow Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wheels Up Experience. Wheels Up Experience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bristow Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bristow Group	$1.30B	0.79	-$6.78M	$0.04	907.75
Wheels Up Experience	$1.25B	1.60	-$487.39M	-$10.07	-0.29

Which has more volatility & risk, VTOL or UP?

Bristow Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheels Up Experience has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend VTOL or UP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bristow Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Wheels Up Experience	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to VTOL or UP?

In the previous week, Wheels Up Experience had 5 more articles in the media than Bristow Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Wheels Up Experience and 3 mentions for Bristow Group. Wheels Up Experience's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Bristow Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Bristow Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bristow Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wheels Up Experience	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Bristow Group beats Wheels Up Experience on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.