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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

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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

SkyWest currently has a consensus price target of $120.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.95%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $15.84, suggesting a potential upside of 36.81%. Given American Airlines Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than SkyWest.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SkyWest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

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
SkyWest9.89% 15.41% 5.16%
American Airlines Group 1.26%-26.59%1.91%

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 10 more articles in the media than SkyWest. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for American Airlines Group and 9 mentions for SkyWest. SkyWest's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.70 indicating that SkyWest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

81.3% of SkyWest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of SkyWest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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
SkyWest$3.53B1.22$322.96M$8.7412.21
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.14$846M$0.9012.87

SkyWest has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% 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.

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

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$7.40B$7.11B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A8,200.02%914.36%4.04%
P/E Ratio12.2110.2112.9120.11
Price / Sales1.221,894.50342.91119.79
Price / Cash6.134.987.4757.86
Price / Book1.792.562.115.56
Net Income$322.96M$607.36M$563.51M$248.40M
7 Day Performance0.97%2.98%0.47%4.67%
1 Month Performance3.62%5.35%4.22%6.64%
1 Year Performance27.14%55.96%5.17%21.31%

SkyWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKYW
SkyWest
4.3403 of 5 stars
$106.68
-0.7%
$120.50
+13.0%
+27.6%$4.35B$3.53B12.2114,610
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.5638 of 5 stars
$11.59
-0.9%
$15.84
+36.7%
+5.9%$7.64B$54.21B12.88133,300Analyst Forecast
UAL
United Airlines
4.7489 of 5 stars
$81.11
-1.5%
$104.50
+28.8%
+73.5%$26.49B$57.74B7.39107,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AL
Air Lease
4.8978 of 5 stars
$58.97
-1.3%
$57.43
-2.6%
+22.8%$6.59B$2.73B10.31150
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.7259 of 5 stars
$50.65
-0.8%
$66.42
+31.1%
+31.0%$6.22B$11.74B18.4233,941Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.3104 of 5 stars
$50.06
-1.6%
$61.42
+22.7%
+9.1%$32.69B$61.94B8.88100,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
GATX
GATX
1.9409 of 5 stars
$157.54
-1.1%
$167.67
+6.4%
+16.8%$5.62B$1.59B19.972,150Positive News
KEX
Kirby
3.1377 of 5 stars
$115.51
-1.2%
$130.00
+12.5%
-2.7%$6.48B$3.27B22.875,414
WAB
Wabtec
4.0995 of 5 stars
$213.04
-0.6%
$216.00
+1.4%
+35.2%$36.46B$10.50B33.3929,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CPA
Copa
4.8149 of 5 stars
$111.22
-0.4%
$153.00
+37.6%
+18.9%$4.58B$3.44B7.597,909
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
1.9077 of 5 stars
$4.30
-3.6%
$5.16
+20.0%
-26.6%$1.52B$9.28B-5.2422,793Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:SKYW) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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