JBLU vs. AAL, ALGT, SKYW, UAL, ULCC, ALK, CPA, DAL, LUV, and CAAP
Should you be buying JetBlue Airways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JetBlue Airways include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and Corporacion America Airports (CAAP). These companies are all part of the "trans - airline" industry.
JetBlue Airways vs. Its Competitors
American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Airlines Group currently has a consensus price target of $16.94, indicating a potential upside of 27.91%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus price target of $5.16, indicating a potential downside of 1.64%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.
American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.05% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -4.22%. JetBlue Airways' return on equity of -15.59% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 17 more articles in the media than JetBlue Airways. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for American Airlines Group and 10 mentions for JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat American Airlines Group's score of 1.02 indicating that JetBlue Airways is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Airlines Group beats JetBlue Airways on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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