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SKYW vs. AAL, UAL, AL, ALK, DAL, GATX, KEX, WAB, LUV, and CPA

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

SkyWest vs. Its Competitors

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

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SkyWest has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Airlines Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.76, indicating a potential upside of 46.80%. SkyWest has a consensus target price of $126.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. Given American Airlines Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than SkyWest.

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
SkyWest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

SkyWest has a net margin of 10.62% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. 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
American Airlines Group1.05% -24.55% 1.68%
SkyWest 10.62%16.69%5.75%

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
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.14$846M$0.8014.28
SkyWest$3.84B1.23$322.96M$9.8311.86

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 15 more articles in the media than SkyWest. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for American Airlines Group and 26 mentions for SkyWest. SkyWest's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.51 indicating that SkyWest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SkyWest
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of SkyWest shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of SkyWest shares are owned by 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

SkyWest beats American Airlines Group on 10 of the 17 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$4.76B$7.85B$7.37B$9.55B
Dividend YieldN/A6,150.57%699.43%4.06%
P/E Ratio11.8610.5012.9719.95
Price / Sales1.232,805.62512.3567.72
Price / Cash6.705.127.9458.72
Price / Book1.822.772.155.77
Net Income$322.96M$587.12M$568.35M$259.21M
7 Day Performance2.79%-2.35%-1.56%-2.40%
1 Month Performance13.27%11.32%3.91%9.41%
1 Year Performance50.28%24.97%-2.66%16.67%

SkyWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKYW
SkyWest
3.5805 of 5 stars
$116.63
-0.8%
$126.75
+8.7%
+48.3%$4.76B$3.84B11.8614,610Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AAL
American Airlines Group
3.811 of 5 stars
$11.58
+0.7%
$16.76
+44.8%
+9.5%$7.64B$54.21B14.48133,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
UAL
United Airlines
4.7025 of 5 stars
$92.43
+1.4%
$111.43
+20.6%
+93.9%$29.92B$57.06B9.26107,300Insider Trade
AL
Air Lease
4.7719 of 5 stars
$57.38
-1.2%
$59.29
+3.3%
+16.5%$6.41B$2.73B10.03150Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.4611 of 5 stars
$54.33
+4.2%
$67.42
+24.1%
+39.4%$6.67B$13.45B22.0933,941Earnings Report
Insider Trade
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.6832 of 5 stars
$55.62
+1.4%
$66.21
+19.0%
+26.3%$36.32B$61.64B8.06100,000
GATX
GATX
2.1259 of 5 stars
$152.78
-0.4%
$167.67
+9.7%
+12.7%$5.45B$1.59B19.362,150Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
KEX
Kirby
1.771 of 5 stars
$120.78
+1.9%
$130.00
+7.6%
-0.5%$6.78B$3.27B23.925,414Upcoming Earnings
WAB
Wabtec
3.978 of 5 stars
$196.99
-0.1%
$221.71
+12.6%
+20.5%$33.71B$10.39B29.4029,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.2967 of 5 stars
$32.51
-2.1%
$32.75
+0.7%
+18.7%$18.53B$27.48B49.2672,450Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
CPA
Copa
4.66 of 5 stars
$109.06
-1.0%
$152.00
+39.4%
+21.6%$4.49B$3.44B7.447,909Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:SKYW) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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