AAL vs. ALK, CPA, SKYW, AZUL, JBLU, ALGT, UAL, LUV, HA, and SAVE
Should you be buying American Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Airlines Group include Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), Azul (AZUL), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Hawaiian (HA), and Spirit Airlines (SAVE). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alaska Air 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, American Airlines Group had 24 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for American Airlines Group and 17 mentions for Alaska Air Group. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Alaska Air Group's score of 0.27 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Airlines Group currently has a consensus target price of $17.53, indicating a potential upside of 26.32%. Alaska Air Group has a consensus target price of $57.85, indicating a potential upside of 31.61%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than American Airlines Group.
American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alaska Air Group has a net margin of 2.34% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 0.94%. Alaska Air Group's return on equity of 13.54% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Air Group. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Airlines Group received 74 more outperform votes than Alaska Air Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.58% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 66.15% of users gave American Airlines Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Alaska Air Group beats American Airlines Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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