TRN vs. JET2, TUI, OTB, HSW, TENG, TW, BKG, PSN, RPC, and WMH
Should you be buying Trainline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trainline include Jet2 (JET2), TUI (TUI), On the Beach Group (OTB), Hostelworld Group (HSW), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Persimmon (PSN), RPC Group (RPC), and William Hill (WMH). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Trainline vs. Its Competitors
Trainline (LON:TRN) and Jet2 (LON:JET2) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Trainline has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jet2 has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jet2 has higher revenue and earnings than Trainline. Jet2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trainline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Jet2 had 28 more articles in the media than Trainline. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Jet2 and 7 mentions for Trainline. Trainline's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Jet2's score of 0.15 indicating that Trainline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.6% of Trainline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Jet2 shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Trainline shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Jet2 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Trainline has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Jet2's net margin of 6.38%. Jet2's return on equity of 26.53% beat Trainline's return on equity.
Trainline presently has a consensus price target of GBX 441.25, indicating a potential upside of 47.07%. Jet2 has a consensus price target of GBX 2,127.25, indicating a potential upside of 44.71%. Given Trainline's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Trainline is more favorable than Jet2.
Summary
Jet2 beats Trainline on 9 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:TRN) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
