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Wizz Air (WIZZ) Competitors

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GBX 1,577 -4.00 (-0.25%)
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WIZZ vs. EZJ, RYA, IAG, ITRK, SMIN, MGGT, MRO, WEIR, DPLM, 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), Intertek Group (ITRK), Smiths Group (SMIN), Meggitt (MGGT), Melrose Industries (MRO), The Weir Group (WEIR), Diploma (DPLM), and IMI (IMI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wizz Air vs.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wizz AirOutperform Votes
538
76.42%
Underperform Votes
166
23.58%
easyJetOutperform Votes
1563
67.31%
Underperform Votes
759
32.69%

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
Wizz Air£6.06B0.32£351.20M£239.816.58
easyJet£8.81B0.47£376.69M£49.5611.18

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

63.2% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of easyJet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Wizz Air5.80% 122.00% 0.15%
easyJet 4.27%13.89%3.03%

Wizz Air currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,400, indicating a potential upside of 52.19%. easyJet has a consensus target price of GBX 640, indicating a potential upside of 15.52%. Given Wizz Air's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wizz Air is more favorable than easyJet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wizz Air
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
easyJet
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, easyJet had 5 more articles in the media than Wizz Air. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for easyJet and 2 mentions for Wizz Air. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Wizz Air's score of 0.35 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

easyJet beats Wizz Air on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WIZZ vs. The Competition

MetricWizz AirAirlines IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.94B£6.15B£7.62B£2.62B
Dividend YieldN/A2.22%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio6.587.9823.49134.60
Price / Sales0.3221.7292.71221,328.12
Price / Cash1.714.9726.9428.03
Price / Book4.433.334.083.84
Net Income£351.20M£1.29B£808.62M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-2.89%-0.55%4.29%3.54%
1 Month Performance-2.65%6.97%15.63%25.39%
1 Year Performance-27.26%12.23%27.34%130.62%

Wizz Air Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIZZ
Wizz Air
3.7825 of 5 stars
GBX 1,577
-0.3%
GBX 2,400
+52.2%
-19.4%£1.94B£6.06B6.587,389
EZJ
easyJet
3.1948 of 5 stars
GBX 533.64
+0.3%
GBX 640
+19.9%
+18.1%£4.03B£8.81B10.7716,697News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
RYA
Ryanair
N/AN/AN/AN/A£163.33M£2.61B-24.9419,100Gap Down
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
2.6702 of 5 stars
GBX 316.50
+1.5%
GBX 348.33
+10.1%
+86.6%£18.70B£37.71B6.685,360High Trading Volume
ITRK
Intertek Group
2.556 of 5 stars
GBX 4,878
+0.3%
GBX 5,566.67
+14.1%
-3.6%£7.83B£3.34B25.4243,908News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.051 of 5 stars
GBX 2,026
+0.8%
GBX 2,015
-0.5%
+23.2%£6.90B£3.07B28.1515,156News Coverage
Positive News
MGGT
Meggitt
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.25B£1.63B79,880.009,270High Trading Volume
MRO
Melrose Industries
1.9521 of 5 stars
GBX 483.87
+0.4%
GBX 640
+32.3%
-26.1%£6.25B£3.41B-163.651,570
WEIR
The Weir Group
N/AGBX 2,418
+0.5%
GBX 2,483.33
+2.7%
+9.5%£6.23B£2.54B28.4112,391
DPLM
Diploma
0.8446 of 5 stars
GBX 4,212
+0.4%
GBX 4,523.33
+7.4%
+12.0%£5.62B£1.25B48.423,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
Gap Up
IMI
IMI
3.2125 of 5 stars
GBX 1,909
+0.8%
GBX 2,400
+25.7%
+2.3%£4.84B£2.15B19.5610,000

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This page (LON:WIZZ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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