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

American Airlines Group currently has a consensus target price of $15.89, suggesting a potential upside of 27.06%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus target price of $5.16, suggesting a potential upside of 16.99%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
JetBlue Airways
4 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.26% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -3.12%. JetBlue Airways' return on equity of -11.93% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Airlines Group1.26% -26.59% 1.91%
JetBlue Airways -3.12%-11.93%-1.93%

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 12 more articles in the media than JetBlue Airways. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Airlines Group and 3 mentions for JetBlue Airways. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.70 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
JetBlue Airways
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.9013.90
JetBlue Airways$9.28B0.17-$795M-$0.82-5.38

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Airlines Group beats JetBlue Airways on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JBLU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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JBLU vs. The Competition

MetricJetBlue AirwaysTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.62B$7.93B$7.32B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A8,199.92%922.82%4.03%
P/E Ratio-5.389.6412.3320.09
Price / Sales0.172,961.24543.5099.01
Price / Cash3.875.117.9158.27
Price / Book0.582.762.135.65
Net Income-$795M$587.12M$568.35M$257.91M
7 Day Performance0.46%0.74%-1.23%2.09%
1 Month Performance7.56%18.24%3.59%11.13%
1 Year Performance-26.74%59.36%3.13%18.40%

JetBlue Airways Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.2273 of 5 stars
$4.41
-3.5%
$5.16
+17.0%
-27.5%$1.62B$9.28B-5.3822,793
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.2838 of 5 stars
$12.39
+1.4%
$15.89
+28.3%
+13.1%$8.17B$54.21B13.76133,300Upcoming Earnings
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.8107 of 5 stars
$54.24
-0.5%
$65.11
+20.0%
+0.6%$989.95M$2.51B-4.695,991
SKYW
SkyWest
3.169 of 5 stars
$112.81
+0.9%
$120.50
+6.8%
+36.0%$4.57B$3.67B12.9114,610Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
UAL
United Airlines
4.5993 of 5 stars
$89.02
+1.5%
$104.50
+17.4%
+94.3%$28.95B$57.06B8.08107,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ULCC
Frontier Group
4.0962 of 5 stars
$4.17
+0.1%
$5.67
+36.1%
+5.0%$948.64M$3.82B14.367,938
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.81 of 5 stars
$52.94
+0.8%
$66.83
+26.2%
+32.7%$6.50B$11.74B19.2533,941News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CPA
Copa
4.6925 of 5 stars
$110.68
+0.3%
$153.00
+38.2%
+17.6%$4.56B$3.44B7.557,909
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7434 of 5 stars
$58.17
+2.7%
$66.62
+14.5%
+23.1%$37.98B$61.64B8.43100,000Insider Trade
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.975 of 5 stars
$37.73
+1.6%
$32.81
-13.0%
+28.8%$21.50B$27.48B44.3872,450Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CAAP
Corporacion America Airports
2.3758 of 5 stars
$19.82
+2.7%
$23.03
+16.2%
+19.0%$3.23B$1.84B23.046,100News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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