Blade Air Mobility (BLDE) Competitors $3.39 +0.03 (+0.89%) As of 10:29 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BLDE vs. UP, CMRE, LPG, ULCC, NVGS, VTOL, GSL, ULH, SNCY, and CVLGShould you be buying Blade Air Mobility stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blade Air Mobility include Wheels Up Experience (UP), Costamare (CMRE), Dorian LPG (LPG), Frontier Group (ULCC), Navigator (NVGS), Bristow Group (VTOL), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Universal Logistics (ULH), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), and Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry. Blade Air Mobility vs. Wheels Up Experience Costamare Dorian LPG Frontier Group Navigator Bristow Group Global Ship Lease Universal Logistics Sun Country Airlines Covenant Logistics Group Wheels Up Experience (NYSE:UP) and Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UP or BLDE? Wheels Up Experience and Blade Air Mobility both received 16 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 64.00% of users gave Blade Air Mobility an outperform vote while only 43.24% of users gave Wheels Up Experience an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWheels Up ExperienceOutperform Votes1643.24% Underperform Votes2156.76% Blade Air MobilityOutperform Votes1664.00% Underperform Votes936.00% Which has more volatility and risk, UP or BLDE? Wheels Up Experience has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blade Air Mobility has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better valuation & earnings, UP or BLDE? Blade Air Mobility has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wheels Up Experience. Blade Air Mobility is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheels Up Experience, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWheels Up Experience$772.53M1.47-$487.39M-$0.49-3.32Blade Air Mobility$251.49M1.08-$56.08M-$0.34-9.88 Is UP or BLDE more profitable? Blade Air Mobility has a net margin of -21.28% compared to Wheels Up Experience's net margin of -39.97%. Blade Air Mobility's return on equity of -12.16% beat Wheels Up Experience's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Wheels Up Experience-39.97% -796.67% -27.26% Blade Air Mobility -21.28%-12.16%-9.95% Do analysts recommend UP or BLDE? Blade Air Mobility has a consensus price target of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 86.01%. Given Blade Air Mobility's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blade Air Mobility is more favorable than Wheels Up Experience.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Wheels Up Experience 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Blade Air Mobility 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media prefer UP or BLDE? In the previous week, Blade Air Mobility had 3 more articles in the media than Wheels Up Experience. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Blade Air Mobility and 0 mentions for Wheels Up Experience. Blade Air Mobility's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Wheels Up Experience's score of 0.44 indicating that Blade Air Mobility is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Wheels Up Experience Neutral Blade Air Mobility Positive Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of UP or BLDE? 98.2% of Wheels Up Experience shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Blade Air Mobility shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheels Up Experience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Blade Air Mobility shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryBlade Air Mobility beats Wheels Up Experience on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Blade Air Mobility News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BLDE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BLDE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBlade Air MobilityAir transportation, nonscheduled IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$272.22M$372.54M$24.28B$8.39BDividend YieldN/AN/A2.48%4.10%P/E Ratio-4.877.7133.3619.70Price / Sales1.080.85283.63121.79Price / CashN/A12.5030.9334.62Price / Book1.084.135.414.50Net Income-$56.08M-$130.46M$195.96M$248.22M7 Day Performance-4.55%-2.62%-0.68%-0.80%1 Month Performance29.73%20.58%16.74%11.52%1 Year Performance7.69%-33.48%19.51%8.99% Blade Air Mobility Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BLDEBlade Air Mobility3.0355 of 5 stars$3.39+0.9%$6.25+84.4%+6.3%$275.38M$251.49M-4.93130UPWheels Up Experience0.3383 of 5 stars$1.53+5.2%N/A-42.3%$1.07B$772.53M-3.052,170CMRECostamare4.0645 of 5 stars$8.41+8.3%$13.50+60.5%-43.5%$1.01B$2.08B3.452,870LPGDorian LPG4.6321 of 5 stars$22.93+4.1%$43.50+89.7%-55.0%$981.37M$418.84M5.83540News CoverageEarnings ReportDividend CutGap DownULCCFrontier Group4.1971 of 5 stars$4.16+7.2%$6.11+46.9%-34.2%$947.50M$3.82B11.566,470NVGSNavigator4.2931 of 5 stars$13.67+1.6%$21.60+58.0%-19.0%$933.40M$566.68M12.10120Gap UpVTOLBristow Group3.3671 of 5 stars$30.23+1.8%$50.00+65.4%-22.0%$869.87M$1.43B16.252,920Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeGSLGlobal Ship Lease3.3592 of 5 stars$23.29+5.5%$28.00+20.2%-9.8%$825.42M$705.53M2.587Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionULHUniversal Logistics2.6116 of 5 stars$25.43+9.1%$29.00+14.0%-47.7%$669.57M$1.74B5.158,000Gap UpSNCYSun Country Airlines4.112 of 5 stars$12.30+3.8%$17.43+41.7%+10.6%$654.46M$1.09B12.952,510Positive NewsCVLGCovenant Logistics Group4.4674 of 5 stars$23.10+10.1%$33.00+42.9%-3.6%$613.20M$1.12B17.834,610Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies UP Alternatives CMRE Alternatives LPG Alternatives ULCC Alternatives NVGS Alternatives VTOL Alternatives GSL Alternatives ULH Alternatives SNCY Alternatives CVLG Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:BLDE) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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