SKYW vs. JBLU, CPA, ALGT, HA, SAVE, ALK, AZUL, ULCC, SNCY, and VLRS
Should you be buying SkyWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SkyWest include JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Copa (CPA), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Hawaiian (HA), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Azul (AZUL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), and Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) and SkyWest (NASDAQ:SKYW) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
SkyWest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SkyWest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, JetBlue Airways had 25 more articles in the media than SkyWest. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for JetBlue Airways and 19 mentions for SkyWest. JetBlue Airways' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat SkyWest's score of -0.01 indicating that SkyWest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SkyWest has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SkyWest has a net margin of 3.83% compared to SkyWest's net margin of -8.79%. JetBlue Airways' return on equity of 5.45% beat SkyWest's return on equity.
83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of SkyWest shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of SkyWest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
JetBlue Airways currently has a consensus price target of $5.78, indicating a potential downside of 0.94%. SkyWest has a consensus price target of $62.25, indicating a potential downside of 16.08%. Given SkyWest's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe JetBlue Airways is more favorable than SkyWest.
JetBlue Airways received 276 more outperform votes than SkyWest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave SkyWest an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote.
Summary
SkyWest beats JetBlue Airways on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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