RYAAY vs. ENB, CP, CNI, CSX, MPLX, VIK, BIP, PAA, PAC, and ZTO
Should you be buying Ryanair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryanair include Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Mplx (MPLX), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (PAC), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Ryanair vs. Its Competitors
Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Ryanair has a net margin of 11.79% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 10.16%. Ryanair's return on equity of 21.35% beat Enbridge's return on equity.
Enbridge presently has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.74%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 154.90%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than Enbridge.
54.6% of Enbridge shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Ryanair. Ryanair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 8 more articles in the media than Ryanair. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Enbridge and 11 mentions for Ryanair. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Enbridge's score of 0.92 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Enbridge pays out 140.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryanair pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Enbridge is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Ryanair beats Enbridge on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RYAAY) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff