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easyJet (EZJ) Competitors

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GBX 569.20 +19.40 (+3.53%)
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EZJ vs. WIZZ, RYA, IAG, RR.L, JAR, HLMA, AXON, RTO, ITRK, and SMIN

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), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Jardine Matheson (JAR), Halma (HLMA), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Intertek Group (ITRK), and Smiths Group (SMIN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

easyJet vs.

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

44.3% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of easyJet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

In the previous week, easyJet had 5 more articles in the media than Wizz Air. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for easyJet and 2 mentions for Wizz Air. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Wizz Air's score of 0.35 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

easyJet received 1025 more outperform votes than Wizz Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.42% of users gave Wizz Air an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
easyJetOutperform Votes
1563
67.31%
Underperform Votes
759
32.69%
Wizz AirOutperform Votes
538
76.42%
Underperform Votes
166
23.58%

easyJet presently has a consensus target price of GBX 640, suggesting a potential upside of 12.44%. Wizz Air has a consensus target price of GBX 2,400, suggesting a potential upside of 50.28%. Given Wizz Air's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wizz Air is more favorable than easyJet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
easyJet
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Wizz Air
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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%

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£8.81B0.49£376.69M£49.5611.48
Wizz Air£6.06B0.32£351.20M£239.816.66

Summary

easyJet beats Wizz Air on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EZJ vs. The Competition

MetriceasyJetAirlines IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.30B£6.23B£7.63B£2.63B
Dividend Yield0.86%2.22%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio11.488.0023.15134.99
Price / Sales0.4922.1392.42224,419.26
Price / Cash0.784.9726.9428.03
Price / Book1.443.353.973.80
Net Income£376.69M£1.29B£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance4.86%-0.36%0.10%0.38%
1 Month Performance15.15%7.18%10.54%21.44%
1 Year Performance24.66%12.50%26.19%129.76%

easyJet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EZJ
easyJet
3.1896 of 5 stars
GBX 569.20
+3.5%
GBX 640
+12.4%
+18.1%£4.30B£8.81B11.4816,697News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
WIZZ
Wizz Air
3.7974 of 5 stars
GBX 1,670
+2.8%
GBX 2,400
+43.7%
-19.4%£2.05B£6.06B6.967,389
RYA
Ryanair
N/AN/AN/AN/A£163.33M£2.61B-24.9419,100Gap Down
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
2.508 of 5 stars
GBX 328.65
+1.7%
GBX 348.33
+6.0%
+86.6%£19.42B£37.71B6.945,360
RR.L
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
N/AN/AN/AN/A£12.14B£13.52B-517.8644,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
JAR
Jardine Matheson
N/AGBX 62.50
flat
N/AN/A£11.64B£2.28T142.83425,000
HLMA
Halma
0.1972 of 5 stars
GBX 2,956
-1.5%
GBX 2,566.67
-13.2%
+25.6%£11.13B£2.03B41.358,000News Coverage
AXON
Axon Enterprise
N/A$738.71
+463.2%
N/AN/A$9.45BN/A0.002,150
RTO
Rentokil Initial
3.4184 of 5 stars
GBX 352.90
+0.6%
GBX 488.33
+38.4%
-15.9%£8.84B£5.38B22.6462,931
ITRK
Intertek Group
2.1956 of 5 stars
GBX 4,942
-0.3%
GBX 5,566.67
+12.6%
-3.6%£7.93B£3.34B25.7643,908News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.0487 of 5 stars
GBX 2,047.36
+0.2%
GBX 2,015
-1.6%
+23.2%£6.97B£3.07B28.4415,156News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:EZJ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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