WIZZ vs. EZJ, IAG, BAB, QQ, IDS, SRP, BBY, GFTU, ROR, and DATA
Should you be buying Wizz Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wizz Air include easyJet (EZJ), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Babcock International Group (BAB), QinetiQ Group (QQ), International Distributions Services (IDS), Serco Group (SRP), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Grafton Group (GFTU), Rotork (ROR), and GlobalData (DATA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) and easyJet (LON:EZJ) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
easyJet has higher revenue and earnings than Wizz Air. Wizz Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than easyJet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wizz Air presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,500, suggesting a potential upside of 14.05%. easyJet has a consensus price target of GBX 663.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.48%. Given easyJet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe easyJet is more favorable than Wizz Air.
easyJet has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Wizz Air's net margin of 2.15%. easyJet's return on equity of 12.18% beat Wizz Air's return on equity.
easyJet received 1026 more outperform votes than Wizz Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.35% of users gave Wizz Air an outperform vote while only 67.30% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.
45.9% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.2% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of easyJet shares are held by 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, Wizz Air had 3 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Wizz Air and 4 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Wizz Air's score of 0.04 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wizz Air has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, easyJet has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
easyJet beats Wizz Air on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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