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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	1.37	-$27.31M	-$0.34	-12.34
Flex LNG	$354.55M	3.45	$117.68M	$1.91	11.87

Do analysts prefer BLDE or FLNG?

Blade Air Mobility currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 48.99%. Flex LNG has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.43%. Given Blade Air Mobility's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 risk & volatility, BLDE or FLNG?

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

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%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Flex LNG shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BLDE or FLNG?

In the previous week, Flex LNG had 1 more articles in the media than Blade Air Mobility. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Flex LNG and 2 mentions for Blade Air Mobility. Blade Air Mobility's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Flex LNG's score of 0.46 indicating that Blade Air Mobility is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blade Air Mobility	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flex LNG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Flex LNG beats Blade Air Mobility on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.