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

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), Copa (CPA), and JetBlue Airways (JBLU). 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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

SkyWest has a net margin of 9.89% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. SkyWest's return on equity of 15.41% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Airlines Group1.26% -26.59% 1.91%
SkyWest 9.89%15.41%5.16%

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

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$54.21B0.15$846M$0.9013.39
SkyWest$3.53B1.27$322.96M$8.7412.71

American Airlines Group currently has a consensus price target of $15.89, suggesting a potential upside of 31.85%. SkyWest has a consensus price target of $120.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.50%. Given American Airlines Group's higher possible upside, equities research 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)
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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of SkyWest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 17 more articles in the media than SkyWest. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for American Airlines Group and 11 mentions for SkyWest. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat SkyWest's score of 0.68 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SkyWest
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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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$4.49B$7.81B$7.35B$9.30B
Dividend YieldN/A8,199.92%922.81%4.03%
P/E Ratio12.7110.3713.0619.64
Price / Sales1.272,665.08476.61188.30
Price / Cash6.435.127.4757.93
Price / Book1.862.722.135.63
Net Income$322.96M$587.12M$574.43M$257.73M
7 Day Performance3.94%3.61%0.91%0.07%
1 Month Performance13.44%14.84%4.37%8.32%
1 Year Performance26.76%54.46%1.82%13.78%

SkyWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKYW
SkyWest
3.5005 of 5 stars
$111.07
-0.2%
$120.50
+8.5%
+31.8%$4.49B$3.53B12.7114,610
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.3302 of 5 stars
$12.38
+1.3%
$15.89
+28.4%
+14.5%$8.16B$54.21B13.76133,300
UAL
United Airlines
4.595 of 5 stars
$88.94
+1.4%
$104.50
+17.5%
+94.9%$29.05B$57.06B8.11107,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AL
Air Lease
4.6812 of 5 stars
$59.05
+0.5%
$59.29
+0.4%
+19.1%$6.60B$2.81B10.32150
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8617 of 5 stars
$52.94
+0.8%
$66.83
+26.2%
+34.3%$6.50B$11.74B19.2533,941Upcoming Earnings
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7299 of 5 stars
$58.17
+2.7%
$66.62
+14.5%
+29.7%$37.98B$61.64B8.43100,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
GATX
GATX
2.1568 of 5 stars
$159.04
+0.7%
$167.67
+5.4%
+5.8%$5.68B$1.63B20.162,150Positive News
KEX
Kirby
2.6088 of 5 stars
$117.10
+0.1%
$130.00
+11.0%
-6.9%$6.57B$3.24B23.195,414
WAB
Wabtec
3.9306 of 5 stars
$212.88
-0.4%
$216.83
+1.9%
+28.3%$36.43B$10.39B33.3729,500
CPA
Copa
4.5636 of 5 stars
$110.68
+0.3%
$153.00
+38.2%
+14.4%$4.56B$3.44B7.557,909
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.1295 of 5 stars
$4.38
-0.2%
$5.16
+17.8%
-30.0%$1.55B$9.21B-5.3422,793

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This page (NASDAQ:SKYW) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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