Wizz Air (WIZZ) Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Does the media prefer EZJ or WIZZ?

In the previous week, easyJet had 3 more articles in the media than Wizz Air. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for easyJet and 4 mentions for Wizz Air. Wizz Air's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat easyJet's score of -0.62 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
easyJet	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wizz Air	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do analysts recommend EZJ or WIZZ?

easyJet presently has a consensus price target of GBX 663.75, indicating a potential upside of 28.09%. Wizz Air has a consensus price target of GBX 2,525, indicating a potential upside of 27.08%. Given Wizz Air's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Wizz Air	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EZJ or WIZZ?

easyJet received 1025 more outperform votes than Wizz Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.46% of users gave Wizz Air an outperform vote while only 67.28% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
easyJet	Outperform Votes 1561 67.28%	Underperform Votes 759 32.72%
Wizz Air	Outperform Votes 536 76.46%	Underperform Votes 165 23.54%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EZJ or WIZZ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
easyJet	£8.17B	0.48	£324M	£0.43	1,205.12
Wizz Air	£4.91B	0.42	£105.60M	-£4.38	-453.65

Is EZJ or WIZZ more profitable?

easyJet has a net margin of 3.97% compared to easyJet's net margin of 2.15%. Wizz Air's return on equity of 12.18% beat easyJet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
easyJet	3.97%	12.18%	2.88%
Wizz Air	2.15%	N/A	0.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, EZJ or WIZZ?

easyJet has a beta of 2.58, suggesting that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wizz Air has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EZJ or WIZZ?

46.0% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of easyJet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are held by 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.

Summary

easyJet beats Wizz Air on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.