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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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 5 more articles in the media than SkyWest. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Airlines Group and 10 mentions for SkyWest. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat SkyWest's score of 1.18 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SkyWest
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 currently has a consensus price target of $16.94, suggesting a potential upside of 32.15%. SkyWest has a consensus price target of $126.75, suggesting a potential upside of 17.21%. Given American Airlines Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
SkyWest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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, 2.0% of SkyWest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$54.21B0.16$846M$0.8016.03
SkyWest$3.53B1.24$322.96M$9.8311.00

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SkyWest has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SkyWest beats American Airlines Group on 9 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 SKYW 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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SKYW vs. The Competition

MetricSkyWestTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.35B$8.07B$7.21B$10.07B
Dividend YieldN/A8,199.46%949.03%4.53%
P/E Ratio11.0010.3513.6526.01
Price / Sales1.242,399.16445.68117.75
Price / Cash6.155.307.9659.95
Price / Book1.812.822.196.20
Net Income$322.96M$587.12M$562.43M$270.65M
7 Day Performance-11.72%-0.67%1.15%2.77%
1 Month Performance-2.41%10.83%4.61%8.83%
1 Year Performance44.75%89.11%13.35%27.49%

SkyWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKYW
SkyWest
4.5148 of 5 stars
$108.14
+0.3%
$126.75
+17.2%
+42.0%$4.35B$3.53B11.0014,610Positive News
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.051 of 5 stars
$12.95
-1.0%
$16.94
+30.8%
+13.7%$8.63B$54.21B8.61133,300Positive News
UAL
United Airlines
3.9494 of 5 stars
$107.77
+1.1%
$111.43
+3.4%
+116.7%$34.51B$57.06B10.80107,300Positive News
AL
Air Lease
4.6447 of 5 stars
$63.68
0.0%
$60.29
-5.3%
+50.8%$7.12B$2.73B7.73150
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.4768 of 5 stars
$63.70
+0.9%
$68.00
+6.8%
+56.6%$7.28B$11.74B25.8933,941Positive News
Options Volume
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.3955 of 5 stars
$61.74
+0.9%
$66.21
+7.2%
+39.0%$39.95B$61.64B8.95100,000Positive News
GATX
GATX
2.3116 of 5 stars
$167.79
+0.1%
$177.67
+5.9%
+27.1%$5.97B$1.59B19.202,150Positive News
KEX
Kirby
3.7515 of 5 stars
$89.09
+0.0%
$121.00
+35.8%
-23.3%$4.97B$3.27B16.845,414Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
WAB
Wabtec
4.6751 of 5 stars
$190.76
-1.3%
$222.57
+16.7%
+16.7%$33.02B$10.39B28.4729,500
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.2792 of 5 stars
$31.69
+1.0%
$33.06
+4.3%
+4.3%$16.49B$27.48B48.0272,450Positive News
CPA
Copa
4.8277 of 5 stars
$115.06
-2.3%
$154.40
+34.2%
+33.8%$4.85B$3.44B7.487,909Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SKYW) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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