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easyJet (EZJ) Competitors

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GBX 465.65 -2.45 (-0.52%)
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EZJ vs. WIZZ, RYA, IAG, HLMA, RR.L, AXON, RTO, SMIN, MRO, and ITRK

Should you be buying easyJet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of easyJet include Wizz Air (WIZZ), Ryanair (RYA), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Halma (HLMA), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Smiths Group (SMIN), Melrose Industries (MRO), and Intertek Group (ITRK). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

easyJet vs. Its Competitors

easyJet (LON:EZJ) and Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
easyJet£9.58B0.37£376.69M£0.54855.97
Wizz Air£5.27B0.23£351.20M£1.78659.55

Wizz Air has a net margin of 5.80% compared to easyJet's net margin of 4.27%. Wizz Air's return on equity of 122.00% beat easyJet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
easyJet4.27% 13.89% 3.03%
Wizz Air 5.80%122.00%0.15%

In the previous week, Wizz Air had 3 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wizz Air and 1 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wizz Air's score of -0.25 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
easyJet
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Wizz Air
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

easyJet has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wizz Air has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

easyJet currently has a consensus price target of GBX 617.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.61%. Wizz Air has a consensus price target of GBX 1,250, indicating a potential upside of 6.47%. Given easyJet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe easyJet is more favorable than Wizz Air.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
easyJet
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Wizz Air
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

32.7% of easyJet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Wizz Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of easyJet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Wizz Air shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

easyJet beats Wizz Air on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EZJ vs. The Competition

MetriceasyJetAirlines IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.50B£5.86B£7.84B£2.60B
Dividend Yield2.61%2.45%4.57%5.29%
P/E Ratio855.9787.06301.884,431.91
Price / Sales0.3719.371,305.7399,742.79
Price / Cash0.784.9728.1827.90
Price / Book1.173.334.938.66
Net Income£376.69M£1.29B£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.36%-0.21%1.58%0.31%
1 Month Performance-0.75%-3.10%5.22%5.78%
1 Year PerformanceN/A18.73%30.38%164.09%

easyJet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EZJ
easyJet
3.0273 of 5 stars
GBX 465.65
-0.5%
GBX 617.50
+32.6%
-5.1%£3.50B£9.58B855.9716,697Dividend Increase
WIZZ
Wizz Air
1.5915 of 5 stars
GBX 1,165
-0.5%
GBX 1,250
+7.3%
-7.2%£1.20B£5.27B654.497,389
RYA
Ryanair
N/AN/AN/AN/A£163.33M£2.61B-24.9419,100Gap Down
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
1.5293 of 5 stars
GBX 384.10
+0.6%
GBX 403.33
+5.0%
+102.0%£17.77B£33.28B594.585,360
HLMA
Halma
1.4377 of 5 stars
GBX 3,390
+1.1%
GBX 3,316
-2.2%
+38.0%£12.80B£2.25B4,338.378,000
RR.L
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
N/AN/AN/AN/A£12.14B£13.52B-517.8644,000Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AXON
Axon Enterprise
N/A$715.40
+445.4%
N/AN/A$9.45BN/A0.002,150
RTO
Rentokil Initial
1.9456 of 5 stars
GBX 366.60
-0.4%
GBX 435
+18.7%
N/A£9.22B£6.92B2,856.6862,931
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.2966 of 5 stars
GBX 2,326
+1.3%
N/A+45.3%£7.60B£2.92B2,622.3215,156
MRO
Melrose Industries
2.3287 of 5 stars
GBX 592.60
+0.2%
GBX 655
+10.5%
+39.4%£7.50B£3.45B2,408.941,570Positive News
ITRK
Intertek Group
2.5829 of 5 stars
GBX 4,652
+1.7%
GBX 5,300
+13.9%
-1.9%£7.23B£3.40B2,081.4343,908News Coverage

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