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JetBlue Airways (JBLU) Competitors

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JBLU vs. ALK, CPA, SKYW, ALGT, DAL, UAL, LUV, ULCC, SNCY, and VLRS

Should you be buying JetBlue Airways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JetBlue Airways include Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), 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.

JetBlue Airways vs.

JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) and Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Alaska Air Group has higher revenue and earnings than JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JetBlue Airways$9.21B0.19-$795M-$0.82-6.06
Alaska Air Group$12.64B0.50$395M$2.7518.81

JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alaska Air Group has a net margin of 3.37% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -8.57%. Alaska Air Group's return on equity of 14.66% beat JetBlue Airways' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JetBlue Airways-8.57% -9.31% -1.61%
Alaska Air Group 3.37%14.66%3.60%

In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 8 more articles in the media than JetBlue Airways. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 6 mentions for JetBlue Airways. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.55 indicating that Alaska Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
JetBlue Airways
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alaska Air Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

JetBlue Airways currently has a consensus price target of $5.16, suggesting a potential upside of 3.80%. Alaska Air Group has a consensus price target of $66.83, suggesting a potential upside of 29.23%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
JetBlue Airways
4 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Alaska Air Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Alaska Air Group received 124 more outperform votes than JetBlue Airways when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.21% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
JetBlue AirwaysOutperform Votes
727
60.03%
Underperform Votes
484
39.97%
Alaska Air GroupOutperform Votes
851
70.21%
Underperform Votes
361
29.79%

83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alaska Air Group beats JetBlue Airways on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JBLU vs. The Competition

MetricJetBlue AirwaysAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.76B$2.18T$286.54B$8.63B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%3.63%4.19%
P/E Ratio-2.128.9613.5620.15
Price / Sales0.19194.42360.58161.53
Price / Cash6.137.5211.5434.64
Price / Book0.661.961.964.72
Net Income-$795M$805.72M$515.10M$248.00M
7 Day Performance-4.61%0.86%1.00%3.45%
1 Month Performance1.84%6.60%3.94%10.07%
1 Year Performance-11.09%-0.37%-7.99%14.70%

JetBlue Airways Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.0868 of 5 stars
$4.97
-0.8%
$5.16
+3.8%
-10.6%$1.76B$9.21B-2.1220,000
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.9196 of 5 stars
$50.93
+0.0%
$66.83
+31.2%
+26.9%$6.24B$12.64B16.6725,500
CPA
Copa
4.724 of 5 stars
$109.20
+1.3%
$153.00
+40.1%
+10.2%$4.49B$3.45B7.506,130
SKYW
SkyWest
4.1766 of 5 stars
$103.27
+1.8%
$120.67
+16.9%
+31.0%$4.17B$3.67B13.2713,121
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.2911 of 5 stars
$54.97
-1.1%
$63.70
+15.9%
+9.3%$1.00B$2.56B-4.115,320
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7491 of 5 stars
$48.82
+0.9%
$62.08
+27.2%
+1.5%$31.85B$61.94B9.1595,000
UAL
United Airlines
4.8741 of 5 stars
$81.27
+2.3%
$102.33
+25.9%
+57.5%$26.56B$57.74B8.6292,800Positive News
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LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.7699 of 5 stars
$33.14
-0.7%
$31.53
-4.9%
+21.0%$18.87B$27.58B45.9966,700
ULCC
Frontier Group
4.0332 of 5 stars
$3.98
-1.1%
$6.00
+50.9%
-26.2%$905.37M$3.82B11.046,470Gap Up
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.8816 of 5 stars
$11.56
-0.2%
$17.43
+50.8%
+14.1%$614.13M$1.09B12.152,510Positive News
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación
3.1984 of 5 stars
$4.59
-3.0%
$7.27
+58.5%
-29.0%$534.60M$3.05B2.766,710

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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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