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Sun Country Airlines (SNCY) Competitors

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$12.48 +0.13 (+1.05%)
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SNCY vs. AAL, ALGT, UAL, ULCC, ALK, DAL, RXO, DKL, INSW, and SBLK

Should you be buying Sun Country Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Country Airlines include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), United Airlines (UAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Delta Air Lines (DAL), RXO (RXO), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), International Seaways (INSW), and Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK).

Sun Country Airlines vs. Its Competitors

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

Sun Country Airlines presently has a consensus price target of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 42.23%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $16.59, suggesting a potential upside of 36.08%. Given Sun Country Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Country Airlines is more favorable than American Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sun Country Airlines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Sun Country Airlines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sun Country Airlines. Sun Country Airlines 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
Sun Country Airlines$1.08B0.62$52.90M$1.0611.77
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.8015.24

Sun Country Airlines has a net margin of 5.35% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. Sun Country Airlines' return on equity of 10.53% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sun Country Airlines5.35% 10.53% 3.86%
American Airlines Group 1.05%-24.55%1.68%

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 12 more articles in the media than Sun Country Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Airlines Group and 3 mentions for Sun Country Airlines. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Sun Country Airlines' score of 0.45 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
Sun Country Airlines
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Airlines Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sun Country Airlines has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sun Country Airlines 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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SNCY vs. The Competition

MetricSun Country AirlinesTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$658.46M$7.89B$7.17B$10.51B
Dividend YieldN/A8,199.47%949.06%4.57%
P/E Ratio11.7713.4714.1326.62
Price / Sales0.623,007.77553.0692.90
Price / Cash4.245.217.9561.85
Price / Book1.162.882.486.45
Net Income$52.90M$587.12M$561.52M$271.57M
7 Day Performance-1.19%0.77%0.99%2.61%
1 Month Performance-1.19%0.77%6.81%7.28%
1 Year Performance9.76%70.03%8.60%29.60%

Sun Country Airlines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
4.0148 of 5 stars
$12.48
+1.1%
$17.75
+42.2%
+13.0%$658.46M$1.08B11.773,141
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.0372 of 5 stars
$12.53
-2.9%
$16.59
+32.4%
+11.0%$8.52B$54.21B15.66133,300
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
3.6642 of 5 stars
$61.48
-5.0%
$64.33
+4.6%
+34.3%$1.19B$2.51B-3.865,991Positive News
UAL
United Airlines
4.3528 of 5 stars
$104.55
-1.9%
$112.57
+7.7%
+98.9%$34.50B$57.06B10.48107,300Positive News
ULCC
Frontier Group
1.9607 of 5 stars
$5.28
+1.9%
$5.81
+10.1%
+23.6%$1.18B$3.78B-33.007,938Positive News
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.7642 of 5 stars
$59.14
-6.7%
$71.15
+20.3%
+29.8%$7.31B$11.74B24.0433,941High Trading Volume
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7894 of 5 stars
$58.38
-2.5%
$66.93
+14.6%
+24.5%$39.09B$61.64B8.46100,000Positive News
RXO
RXO
1.9042 of 5 stars
$17.01
+2.7%
$17.93
+5.4%
-39.3%$2.71B$4.55B-7.877,540Positive News
DKL
Delek Logistics Partners
1.3998 of 5 stars
$44.98
-0.1%
$44.25
-1.6%
+5.2%$2.41B$920.21M15.252,020News Coverage
INSW
International Seaways
3.1045 of 5 stars
$49.05
+4.1%
$53.50
+9.1%
-4.6%$2.33B$951.61M10.202,824
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
3.6456 of 5 stars
$19.36
+0.8%
$21.07
+8.8%
-8.6%$2.26B$1.27B18.44180Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SNCY) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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