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JetBlue Airways (JBLU) Competitors

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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 profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

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%

American Airlines Group currently has a consensus price target of $15.84, indicating a potential upside of 37.22%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus price target of $5.16, indicating a potential upside of 19.84%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 9 more articles in the media than JetBlue Airways. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for American Airlines Group and 9 mentions for JetBlue Airways. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat JetBlue Airways' score of -0.22 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
JetBlue Airways
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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$54.21B0.14$846M$0.9012.83
JetBlue Airways$9.28B0.16-$795M-$0.82-5.25

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$1.53B$7.36B$7.11B$8.92B
Dividend YieldN/A8,200.04%914.35%4.00%
P/E Ratio-5.2510.1612.9120.07
Price / Sales0.161,733.90312.32118.22
Price / Cash3.775.027.5228.59
Price / Book0.572.512.105.58
Net Income-$795M$607.36M$563.51M$248.65M
7 Day Performance1.77%2.59%2.27%7.15%
1 Month Performance-14.07%3.34%3.93%8.13%
1 Year Performance-26.28%50.69%2.78%21.59%

JetBlue Airways Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
1.994 of 5 stars
$4.31
-3.5%
$5.16
+19.8%
-23.7%$1.53B$9.28B-5.2522,793Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.5784 of 5 stars
$11.29
+0.1%
$15.68
+38.9%
+5.9%$7.45B$54.21B12.54133,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.7275 of 5 stars
$55.37
-0.6%
$63.70
+15.0%
+32.4%$1.01B$2.51B-4.795,991News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SKYW
SkyWest
4.4219 of 5 stars
$103.06
-0.3%
$120.67
+17.1%
+31.6%$4.17B$3.53B11.7914,610
UAL
United Airlines
4.7228 of 5 stars
$79.84
+0.8%
$104.64
+31.1%
+74.9%$26.08B$57.06B7.2892,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ULCC
Frontier Group
3.8332 of 5 stars
$3.64
+0.8%
$6.00
+64.8%
-8.6%$829.05M$3.78B12.557,938Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.678 of 5 stars
$49.47
+0.2%
$66.83
+35.1%
+33.1%$6.07B$12.64B17.9933,941Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CPA
Copa
4.8201 of 5 stars
$109.68
+1.5%
$153.00
+39.5%
+20.0%$4.52B$3.44B7.497,909Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.3206 of 5 stars
$49.26
-0.7%
$61.67
+25.2%
+10.7%$32.16B$61.64B8.7395,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.9216 of 5 stars
$32.40
+0.7%
$31.88
-1.6%
+26.2%$18.46B$27.48B38.1272,450Analyst Forecast
CAAP
Corporacion America Airports
2.3958 of 5 stars
$20.32
+0.1%
$22.53
+10.9%
+24.4%$3.32B$1.84B23.636,100

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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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