DAL vs. LUV, UAL, RYAAY, AAL, JBHT, EXPD, WAB, ZTO, UHAL, and ODFL
Should you be buying Delta Air Lines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delta Air Lines include Southwest Airlines (LUV), United Airlines (UAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), U-Haul (UHAL), and Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Delta Air Lines vs.
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 3.51% compared to Southwest Airlines' net margin of 2.65%. Delta Air Lines' return on equity of 56.49% beat Southwest Airlines' return on equity.
Delta Air Lines currently has a consensus price target of $49.38, suggesting a potential upside of 33.43%. Southwest Airlines has a consensus price target of $44.71, suggesting a potential upside of 48.70%. Given Southwest Airlines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southwest Airlines is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.
In the previous week, Southwest Airlines had 1 more articles in the media than Delta Air Lines. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Southwest Airlines and 11 mentions for Delta Air Lines. Southwest Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Delta Air Lines' score of 0.34 indicating that Southwest Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
66.5% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Southwest Airlines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Southwest Airlines 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.
Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwest Airlines has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than Southwest Airlines. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southwest Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delta Air Lines received 88 more outperform votes than Southwest Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 71.88% of users gave Southwest Airlines an outperform vote.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats Southwest Airlines on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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