WIZZ vs. EZJ, RYA, IAG, ITRK, SMIN, MGGT, WEIR, DPLM, MRO, and BAB
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), The Weir Group (WEIR), Diploma (DPLM), Melrose Industries (MRO), and Babcock International Group (BAB). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Wizz Air vs. Its Competitors
Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) and easyJet (LON:EZJ) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of easyJet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wizz Air currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,400, indicating a potential upside of 102.53%. easyJet has a consensus price target of GBX 640, indicating a potential upside of 14.53%. Given Wizz Air's higher possible upside, equities 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.
In the previous week, Wizz Air had 5 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Wizz Air and 5 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Wizz Air's score of 0.58 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the news 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.
Wizz Air has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, easyJet has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% 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.
Summary
Wizz Air and easyJet tied by winning 8 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:WIZZ) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
