Blade Air Mobility (BLDE) Competitors

Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE) and Flex LNG (NYSE:FLNG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts rate BLDE or FLNG?

Blade Air Mobility presently has a consensus price target of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 45.35%. Flex LNG has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.50%. Given Blade Air Mobility's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Blade Air Mobility is more favorable than Flex LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blade Air Mobility	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Flex LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, BLDE or FLNG?

Blade Air Mobility has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flex LNG has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BLDE or FLNG?

In the previous week, Blade Air Mobility and Blade Air Mobility both had 2 articles in the media. Flex LNG's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Blade Air Mobility's score of 0.94 indicating that Flex LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blade Air Mobility	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flex LNG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BLDE or FLNG?

47.4% of Blade Air Mobility shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Blade Air Mobility shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Flex LNG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BLDE or FLNG more profitable?

Flex LNG has a net margin of 29.10% compared to Blade Air Mobility's net margin of -10.56%. Flex LNG's return on equity of 14.83% beat Blade Air Mobility's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blade Air Mobility	-10.56%	-8.80%	-7.43%
Flex LNG	29.10%	14.83%	4.56%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BLDE or FLNG?

Flex LNG has higher revenue and earnings than Blade Air Mobility. Blade Air Mobility is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex LNG, 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
Blade Air Mobility	$248.69M	1.40	-$27.31M	-$0.34	-12.65
Flex LNG	$356.35M	3.49	$117.68M	$1.91	12.10

Summary

Flex LNG beats Blade Air Mobility on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.