ALK vs. UAL, LUV, CPA, SKYW, JBLU, ALGT, DAL, AAL, ULCC, and SNCY
Should you be buying Alaska Air Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alaska Air Group include United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), American Airlines Group (AAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), and Sun Country Airlines (SNCY). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Alaska Air Group vs.
Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, United Airlines had 27 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for United Airlines and 15 mentions for Alaska Air Group. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Alaska Air Group's score of 1.23 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Airlines received 161 more outperform votes than Alaska Air Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.21% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 66.75% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.
Alaska Air Group presently has a consensus target price of $66.83, suggesting a potential upside of 33.40%. United Airlines has a consensus target price of $102.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.65%. Given United Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Airlines is more favorable than Alaska Air Group.
United Airlines has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 3.37%. United Airlines' return on equity of 32.26% beat Alaska Air Group's return on equity.
Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Airlines has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Airlines has higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Air Group. United Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of United Airlines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of United Airlines 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.
Summary
United Airlines beats Alaska Air Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALK) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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