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Wizz Air (WIZZ) Competitors

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GBX 1,174 -8.00 (-0.68%)
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WIZZ vs. EZJ, RYA, IAG, HSV, COB, IDS, SIG, BBA, BBY, and QQ

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), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), International Distributions Services (IDS), Signature Aviation (SIG), BBA Aviation (BBA), Balfour Beatty (BBY), and QinetiQ Group (QQ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wizz Air vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Wizz Air had 2 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Wizz Air and 1 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wizz Air's score of -0.25 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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£9.58B0.37£376.69M£0.54855.97
Wizz Air£5.27B0.23£351.20M£1.78659.55

easyJet has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wizz Air has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

32.7% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of easyJet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 617.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.61%. Wizz Air has a consensus target price of GBX 1,250, suggesting a potential upside of 6.47%. Given easyJet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe easyJet is more favorable than Wizz Air.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
easyJet
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Wizz Air
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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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WIZZ vs. The Competition

MetricWizz AirAirlines IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.21B£5.86B£7.84B£2.60B
Dividend YieldN/A2.45%4.57%5.29%
P/E Ratio659.5587.06302.174,431.91
Price / Sales0.2319.371,305.6899,742.79
Price / Cash1.714.9728.1827.90
Price / Book3.303.334.928.66
Net Income£351.20M£1.29B£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.64%-0.21%1.57%0.31%
1 Month Performance-10.65%-3.09%5.23%5.78%
1 Year Performance-8.92%18.74%30.41%164.09%

Wizz Air Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIZZ
Wizz Air
1.5915 of 5 stars
GBX 1,174
-0.7%
GBX 1,250
+6.5%
-7.2%£1.21B£5.27B659.557,389
EZJ
easyJet
3.052 of 5 stars
GBX 462.30
+0.4%
GBX 617.50
+33.6%
-5.1%£3.47B£9.58B849.8216,697Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
RYA
Ryanair
N/AN/AN/AN/A£163.33M£2.61B-24.9419,100Gap Down
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
1.5246 of 5 stars
GBX 386.50
+0.6%
GBX 403.33
+4.4%
+102.0%£17.88B£33.28B598.305,360
HSV
HomeServe
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.05B£1.53B2,995.007,400
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
IDS
International Distributions Services
N/AGBX 359
-0.1%
N/A+5.2%£3.44B£12.69B63.63160,980
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900News Coverage
BBA
BBA Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£2.59B31.805,973
BBY
Balfour Beatty
0.8775 of 5 stars
GBX 647.02
+0.5%
GBX 680
+5.1%
+50.8%£3.18B£8.87B1,832.92105,000News Coverage
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.7448 of 5 stars
GBX 541
+1.3%
GBX 558.33
+3.2%
+15.5%£2.99B£1.89B22.408,588Dividend Cut
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:WIZZ) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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