AAL vs. ALK, UAL, CPA, AZUL, JBLU, LUV, RYAAY, DAL, KNX, and PAC
Should you be buying American Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Airlines Group include Alaska Air Group (ALK), United Airlines (UAL), Copa (CPA), Azul (AZUL), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Ryanair (RYAAY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
American Airlines Group vs.
Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Air Group. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 1 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Airlines Group and 14 mentions for Alaska Air Group. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.52 indicating that Alaska Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of American Airlines Group shares are owned 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.
Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alaska Air Group has a net margin of 0.60% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 0.26%. Alaska Air Group's return on equity of 14.75% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
Alaska Air Group presently has a consensus price target of $65.05, suggesting a potential upside of 70.59%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $18.06, suggesting a potential upside of 31.65%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than American Airlines Group.
American Airlines Group received 67 more outperform votes than Alaska Air Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.95% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 67.10% of users gave American Airlines Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Alaska Air Group beats American Airlines Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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