Wizz Air (WIZZ) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	£8.81B	0.45	£376.69M	£49.56	10.50
Wizz Air	£6.06B	0.21	£351.20M	£239.81	4.30

Do analysts prefer EZJ or WIZZ?

Wizz Air has a consensus price target of GBX 2,400, indicating a potential upside of 132.56%. Given Wizz Air's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wizz Air is more favorable than easyJet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
easyJet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Wizz Air	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EZJ or WIZZ?

44.3% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of easyJet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EZJ or WIZZ more profitable?

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
easyJet	4.27%	13.89%	3.03%
Wizz Air	5.80%	122.00%	0.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, EZJ or WIZZ?

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

Does the media refer more to EZJ or WIZZ?

In the previous week, easyJet and easyJet both had 6 articles in the media. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Wizz Air's score of 0.00 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Wizz Air beats easyJet on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.