UAL vs. DAL, LUV, ALK, CPA, SKYW, JBLU, ALGT, HA, RYAAY, and AAL
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), Hawaiian (HA), Ryanair (RYAAY), and American Airlines Group (AAL). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
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.
United Airlines has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 7.46% compared to United Airlines' net margin of 5.28%. Delta Air Lines' return on equity of 36.02% beat United Airlines' return on equity.
United Airlines currently has a consensus target price of $72.20, suggesting a potential upside of 52.42%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus target price of $60.70, suggesting a potential upside of 37.55%. Given United Airlines' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United Airlines is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.
Delta Air Lines received 261 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.46% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.15% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 24 more articles in the media than United Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 25 mentions for United Airlines. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Delta Air Lines' score of -0.49 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.7% of United Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of United Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats United Airlines on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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