ALGT vs. JBLU, DAL, UAL, LUV, ALK, CPA, SKYW, ULCC, SNCY, and VLRS
Should you be buying Allegiant Travel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allegiant Travel include JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), Frontier Group (ULCC), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), and Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Allegiant Travel vs.
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) and Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
JetBlue Airways has a net margin of -8.57% compared to Allegiant Travel's net margin of -9.56%. Allegiant Travel's return on equity of 3.33% beat JetBlue Airways' return on equity.
JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, JetBlue Airways had 4 more articles in the media than Allegiant Travel. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for JetBlue Airways and 4 mentions for Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.55 indicating that Allegiant Travel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allegiant Travel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegiant Travel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JetBlue Airways presently has a consensus target price of $5.16, indicating a potential upside of 2.36%. Allegiant Travel has a consensus target price of $63.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Allegiant Travel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Allegiant Travel is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.
JetBlue Airways received 185 more outperform votes than Allegiant Travel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote while only 56.69% of users gave Allegiant Travel an outperform vote.
Summary
Allegiant Travel beats JetBlue Airways on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALGT) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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