Frontier Group (ULCC) Competitors

Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) and Frontier Group (NASDAQ:ULCC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer ALGT or ULCC?

Allegiant Travel currently has a consensus price target of $104.42, suggesting a potential downside of 0.26%. Frontier Group has a consensus price target of $16.42, suggesting a potential upside of 79.61%. Given Frontier Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Frontier Group is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allegiant Travel	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15
Frontier Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media prefer ALGT or ULCC?

In the previous week, Allegiant Travel had 1 more articles in the media than Frontier Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Allegiant Travel and 7 mentions for Frontier Group. Allegiant Travel's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Frontier Group's score of -0.08 indicating that Allegiant Travel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allegiant Travel	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontier Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ALGT or ULCC?

85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 83.2% of Frontier Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALGT or ULCC?

Allegiant Travel received 499 more outperform votes than Frontier Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave Allegiant Travel an outperform vote while only 49.28% of users gave Frontier Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allegiant Travel	Outperform Votes 533 59.96%	Underperform Votes 356 40.04%
Frontier Group	Outperform Votes 34 49.28%	Underperform Votes 35 50.72%

Which has more risk and volatility, ALGT or ULCC?

Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Group has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ALGT or ULCC?

Allegiant Travel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Frontier Group. Allegiant Travel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Group, 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
Allegiant Travel	$2.45 billion	0.79	$2.49 million	$3.62	28.92
Frontier Group	$3.33 billion	0.60	-$37 million	$0.31	29.48

Is ALGT or ULCC more profitable?

Allegiant Travel has a net margin of 2.71% compared to Frontier Group's net margin of 1.99%. Frontier Group's return on equity of 16.92% beat Allegiant Travel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allegiant Travel	2.71%	9.23%	2.51%
Frontier Group	1.99%	16.92%	1.81%

Summary

Allegiant Travel beats Frontier Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.