EZJ vs. WIZZ, IAG, RS1, IMI, DPLM, ROR, BAB, WEIR, SMIN, and QQ
Should you be buying easyJet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of easyJet include Wizz Air (WIZZ), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), RS Group (RS1), IMI (IMI), Diploma (DPLM), Rotork (ROR), Babcock International Group (BAB), The Weir Group (WEIR), Smiths Group (SMIN), and QinetiQ Group (QQ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
easyJet (LON:EZJ) and Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
easyJet has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wizz Air has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Wizz Air had 3 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Wizz Air and 9 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Wizz Air's score of -0.25 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
easyJet received 1025 more outperform votes than Wizz Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.46% of users gave Wizz Air an outperform vote while only 67.28% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.
easyJet has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Wizz Air's net margin of 2.15%. easyJet's return on equity of 12.18% beat Wizz Air's return on equity.
46.0% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
easyJet presently has a consensus price target of GBX 663.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.64%. Wizz Air has a consensus price target of GBX 2,525, suggesting a potential upside of 17.01%. Given easyJet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe easyJet is more favorable than Wizz Air.
Summary
easyJet beats Wizz Air on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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