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SKYW vs. AAL, UAL, ALK, DAL, GATX, KEX, WAB, CPA, JBLU, and ALGT

Should you be buying SkyWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SkyWest include American Airlines Group (AAL), United Airlines (UAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Delta Air Lines (DAL), GATX (GATX), Kirby (KEX), Wabtec (WAB), Copa (CPA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), and Allegiant Travel (ALGT). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

SkyWest vs. Its Competitors

SkyWest (NASDAQ:SKYW) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

SkyWest has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

SkyWest has a net margin of 10.62% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.11%. SkyWest's return on equity of 16.69% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SkyWest10.62% 16.69% 5.75%
American Airlines Group 1.11%-18.14%1.18%

81.3% of SkyWest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of SkyWest shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SkyWest currently has a consensus target price of $126.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.31%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $16.65, suggesting a potential upside of 20.81%. Given SkyWest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SkyWest is more favorable than American Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SkyWest
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

In the previous week, SkyWest and SkyWest both had 39 articles in the media. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat SkyWest's score of -0.14 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SkyWest
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
9 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Airlines Group
18 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than SkyWest. SkyWest 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
SkyWest$3.53B1.15$322.96M$9.8310.21
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.17$846M$0.8017.23

Summary

SkyWest beats American Airlines Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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SKYW vs. The Competition

MetricSkyWestTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.00B$7.88B$7.16B$10.65B
Dividend YieldN/A4,100.74%471.61%4.82%
P/E Ratio10.2114.4015.4030.52
Price / Sales1.152,909.95523.75186.19
Price / Cash5.655.187.9061.44
Price / Book1.682.792.336.61
Net Income$322.96M$587.12M$555.46M$277.10M
7 Day Performance1.29%0.76%-0.18%2.54%
1 Month Performance-1.25%2.72%-1.91%3.76%
1 Year Performance6.74%41.68%12.06%33.04%

SkyWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKYW
SkyWest
4.6837 of 5 stars
$100.35
+1.3%
$126.75
+26.3%
+8.1%$4.00B$3.53B10.2114,610Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
AAL
American Airlines Group
3.9919 of 5 stars
$12.17
+2.6%
$16.59
+36.3%
+7.8%$7.83B$54.21B15.21133,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
UAL
United Airlines
4.9401 of 5 stars
$101.29
+2.2%
$126.08
+24.5%
+33.3%$32.10B$57.06B10.15107,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8497 of 5 stars
$48.46
+2.4%
$71.62
+47.8%
-4.0%$5.46B$11.74B19.7033,941Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.8802 of 5 stars
$61.73
+3.5%
$71.53
+15.9%
+11.2%$38.94B$61.64B8.69100,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GATX
GATX
3.5269 of 5 stars
$173.16
+0.7%
$183.50
+6.0%
+15.9%$6.12B$1.59B19.812,150Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
KEX
Kirby
4.3656 of 5 stars
$86.47
+1.1%
$113.40
+31.1%
-29.8%$4.77B$3.27B16.355,414Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
WAB
Wabtec
4.6037 of 5 stars
$196.29
+1.1%
$224.75
+14.5%
+4.6%$33.19B$10.39B29.3029,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CPA
Copa
4.7812 of 5 stars
$126.98
+1.7%
$155.33
+22.3%
+25.4%$5.14B$3.44B8.267,909Analyst Forecast
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
3.3894 of 5 stars
$4.67
+0.2%
$5.28
+13.0%
-34.6%$1.69B$9.28B-4.2522,793Upcoming Earnings
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
3.9034 of 5 stars
$65.91
+3.1%
$70.56
+7.0%
+4.3%$1.17B$2.51B-4.135,991News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:SKYW) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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