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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 6 more articles in the media than JetBlue Airways. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 14 mentions for JetBlue Airways. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.38 indicating that Alaska Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
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.
JetBlue Airways presently has a consensus target price of $5.16, suggesting a potential upside of 0.76%. Alaska Air Group has a consensus target price of $66.83, suggesting a potential upside of 27.57%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.
Summary
Alaska Air Group beats JetBlue Airways on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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