DAL vs. UAL, LUV, RYAAY, AAL, WAB, ODFL, JBHT, EXPD, SAIA, and XPO
Should you be buying Delta Air Lines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delta Air Lines include United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Saia (SAIA), and XPO (XPO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 18 more articles in the media than United Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 22 mentions for United Airlines. Delta Air Lines' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat United Airlines' score of 0.49 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Airlines currently has a consensus price target of $66.53, indicating a potential upside of 25.91%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $58.29, indicating a potential upside of 16.76%. Given Delta Air Lines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Airlines is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.
Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 8.48% compared to Delta Air Lines' net margin of 4.90%. United Airlines' return on equity of 41.89% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.
Delta Air Lines received 261 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.37% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.
United Airlines has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than United Airlines. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats United Airlines on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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