UAL vs. DAL, LUV, ALK, CPA, SKYW, JBLU, ALGT, RYAAY, AAL, and ULCC
Should you be buying United Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Airlines include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), and Frontier Group (ULCC). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
United Airlines vs.
United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
69.7% of United Airlines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of United Airlines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Delta Air Lines received 249 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.55% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.80% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 12 more articles in the media than United Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 16 mentions for United Airlines. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Delta Air Lines' score of 0.32 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Airlines presently has a consensus price target of $104.64, suggesting a potential upside of 26.89%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $62.08, suggesting a potential upside of 21.72%. Given United Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Airlines is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.
Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 5.61% compared to United Airlines' net margin of 5.52%. United Airlines' return on equity of 32.26% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.
United Airlines has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than United Airlines. United Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delta Air Lines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats United Airlines on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UAL) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
