HA vs. ALGT, MESA, JBLU, VLRS, SNCY, SAVE, ULCC, AZUL, ASC, and TK
Should you be buying Hawaiian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawaiian include Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Mesa Air Group (MESA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Frontier Group (ULCC), Azul (AZUL), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) and Hawaiian (NASDAQ:HA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Hawaiian had 12 more articles in the media than Allegiant Travel. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Hawaiian and 12 mentions for Allegiant Travel. Hawaiian's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Allegiant Travel's score of 0.19 indicating that Allegiant Travel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawaiian has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Allegiant Travel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hawaiian. Hawaiian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegiant Travel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Hawaiian shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Hawaiian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Allegiant Travel has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Allegiant Travel's net margin of -10.90%. Hawaiian's return on equity of 3.80% beat Allegiant Travel's return on equity.
Allegiant Travel currently has a consensus target price of $89.75, indicating a potential upside of 61.33%. Hawaiian has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential downside of 9.41%. Given Hawaiian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Allegiant Travel is more favorable than Hawaiian.
Allegiant Travel received 96 more outperform votes than Hawaiian when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.04% of users gave Allegiant Travel an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave Hawaiian an outperform vote.
Summary
Allegiant Travel beats Hawaiian on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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