WIZZ vs. EZJ, RYA, IAG, MGGT, SMIN, WEIR, MRO, DPLM, SPX, and IMI
Should you be buying Wizz Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wizz Air include easyJet (EZJ), Ryanair (RYA), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Meggitt (MGGT), Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), Melrose Industries (MRO), Diploma (DPLM), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), and IMI (IMI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Wizz Air vs.
easyJet (LON:EZJ) and Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
easyJet presently has a consensus target price of GBX 640, suggesting a potential upside of 29.40%. Wizz Air has a consensus target price of GBX 2,275, suggesting a potential upside of 39.91%. Given Wizz Air's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wizz Air is more favorable than easyJet.
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.
44.3% of easyJet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Wizz Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of easyJet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
easyJet has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wizz Air has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wizz Air had 6 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Wizz Air and 1 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wizz Air's score of -0.02 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.
Summary
easyJet beats Wizz Air on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WIZZ) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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