Sun Country Airlines (SNCY) Competitors

Hawaiian (NASDAQ:HA) and Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ:SNCY) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Do analysts recommend HA or SNCY?

Hawaiian currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 38.41%. Sun Country Airlines has a consensus price target of $19.60, suggesting a potential upside of 31.10%. Given Hawaiian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sun Country Airlines is more favorable than Hawaiian.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hawaiian	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Sun Country Airlines	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HA or SNCY?

Hawaiian received 423 more outperform votes than Sun Country Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.43% of users gave Hawaiian an outperform vote while only 32.26% of users gave Sun Country Airlines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hawaiian	Outperform Votes 443 52.43%	Underperform Votes 402 47.57%
Sun Country Airlines	Outperform Votes 20 32.26%	Underperform Votes 42 67.74%

Is HA or SNCY more profitable?

Sun Country Airlines has a net margin of 6.88% compared to Sun Country Airlines' net margin of -9.59%. Hawaiian's return on equity of 15.23% beat Sun Country Airlines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hawaiian	-9.59%	-171.49%	-7.92%
Sun Country Airlines	6.88%	15.23%	4.96%

Does the media favor HA or SNCY?

In the previous week, Hawaiian had 25 more articles in the media than Sun Country Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Hawaiian and 2 mentions for Sun Country Airlines. Hawaiian's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Sun Country Airlines' score of 0.28 indicating that Sun Country Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hawaiian	8 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sun Country Airlines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HA or SNCY?

70.2% of Hawaiian shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Hawaiian shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Sun Country Airlines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HA or SNCY?

Sun Country Airlines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hawaiian. Hawaiian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Country Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hawaiian	$2.72B	0.25	-$260.49M	-$5.05	-2.56
Sun Country Airlines	$1.05B	0.76	$72.18M	$1.22	12.27

Which has more risk and volatility, HA or SNCY?

Hawaiian has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Country Airlines has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sun Country Airlines beats Hawaiian on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.