DHT (DHT) Competitors

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and DHT (NYSE:DHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, AAL or DHT?

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DHT has a beta of -0.36, meaning that its share price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AAL or DHT?

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of DHT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of American Airlines Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of DHT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AAL or DHT?

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than DHT. DHT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines 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
American Airlines Group	$53.45B	0.15	$822M	$0.60	19.82
DHT	$573.22M	3.29	$161.35M	$1.05	11.13

Is AAL or DHT more profitable?

DHT has a net margin of 27.45% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of -0.23%. DHT's return on equity of 15.19% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Airlines Group	-0.23%	-19.49%	1.56%
DHT	27.45%	15.19%	10.58%

Is AAL or DHT a better dividend stock?

American Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. DHT pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. American Airlines Group pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DHT pays out 102.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAL or DHT?

American Airlines Group received 332 more outperform votes than DHT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.88% of users gave DHT an outperform vote while only 65.33% of users gave American Airlines Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Airlines Group	Outperform Votes 899 65.33%	Underperform Votes 477 34.67%
DHT	Outperform Votes 567 72.88%	Underperform Votes 211 27.12%

Do analysts recommend AAL or DHT?

American Airlines Group presently has a consensus target price of $13.09, indicating a potential upside of 10.07%. DHT has a consensus target price of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.46%. Given DHT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DHT is more favorable than American Airlines Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Airlines Group	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
DHT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to AAL or DHT?

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 5 more articles in the media than DHT. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for American Airlines Group and 11 mentions for DHT. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat DHT's score of 0.41 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DHT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

DHT beats American Airlines Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.