Mesa Air Group (MESA) Competitors

Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM) and Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:MESA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Do analysts rate SRFM or MESA?

Surf Air Mobility presently has a consensus target price of $6.58, suggesting a potential upside of 28.46%. Given Surf Air Mobility's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Surf Air Mobility is more favorable than Mesa Air Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Surf Air Mobility	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Mesa Air Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SRFM or MESA?

Surf Air Mobility has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mesa Air Group. Surf Air Mobility is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mesa Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Surf Air Mobility	$119.43M	1.84	-$74.91M	-$2.78	-1.84
Mesa Air Group	$406.02M	0.15	-$91.01M	-$4.29	-0.33

Is SRFM or MESA more profitable?

Mesa Air Group has a net margin of -43.65% compared to Surf Air Mobility's net margin of -53.48%. Surf Air Mobility's return on equity of 0.00% beat Mesa Air Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Surf Air Mobility	-53.48%	N/A	-46.15%
Mesa Air Group	-43.65%	-1,171.23%	-2.14%

Which has more risk & volatility, SRFM or MESA?

Surf Air Mobility has a beta of 2.87, meaning that its stock price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesa Air Group has a beta of 3.03, meaning that its stock price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SRFM or MESA?

In the previous week, Surf Air Mobility had 3 more articles in the media than Mesa Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Surf Air Mobility and 3 mentions for Mesa Air Group. Mesa Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Surf Air Mobility's score of 0.68 indicating that Mesa Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Surf Air Mobility	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mesa Air Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SRFM or MESA?

17.7% of Surf Air Mobility shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Surf Air Mobility shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Surf Air Mobility beats Mesa Air Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.