EZJ vs. WIZZ, RYA, IAG, HLMA, RR.L, JAR, AXON, RTO, SMIN, and MRO
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), Jardine Matheson (JAR), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Smiths Group (SMIN), and Melrose Industries (MRO). 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Wizz Air had 1 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wizz Air and 3 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Wizz Air's score of -0.21 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
easyJet has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wizz Air has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
easyJet presently has a consensus price target of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 41.50%. Wizz Air has a consensus price target of GBX 1,175, indicating a potential downside of 15.71%. Given easyJet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe easyJet is more favorable than Wizz Air.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:EZJ) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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