Alight (ALIT) Competitors

FTAI Aviation (NASDAQ:FTAI) and Alight (NYSE:ALIT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, FTAI or ALIT?

FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alight has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FTAI or ALIT?

In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 7 more articles in the media than Alight. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 6 mentions for Alight. FTAI Aviation's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Alight's score of 0.57 indicating that FTAI Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTAI Aviation	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Alight	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FTAI or ALIT?

FTAI Aviation presently has a consensus target price of $171.83, indicating a potential upside of 46.64%. Alight has a consensus target price of $9.86, indicating a potential upside of 70.98%. Given Alight's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alight is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTAI Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08
Alight	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is FTAI or ALIT a better dividend stock?

FTAI Aviation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alight pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. FTAI Aviation pays out 571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alight pays out -114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alight is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FTAI or ALIT?

FTAI Aviation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alight. Alight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, 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
FTAI Aviation	$1.73B	6.93	$8.68M	$0.21	558.00
Alight	$2.32B	1.34	-$157M	-$0.14	-41.18

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FTAI or ALIT?

89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Alight shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Alight shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FTAI or ALIT more profitable?

FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 3.74% compared to Alight's net margin of -2.65%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 438.32% beat Alight's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTAI Aviation	3.74%	438.32%	8.41%
Alight	-2.65%	5.74%	2.86%

Summary

FTAI Aviation beats Alight on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.