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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Competitors

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LUV vs. AAL, ALGT, CHRW, JBLU, LSTR, SKYW, UAL, ALK, CPA, and DAL

Should you be buying Southwest Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southwest Airlines include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Landstar System (LSTR), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), and Delta Air Lines (DAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Southwest Airlines vs. Its Competitors

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

Southwest Airlines currently has a consensus price target of $33.06, suggesting a potential upside of 0.45%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $16.94, suggesting a potential upside of 27.62%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Southwest Airlines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Southwest Airlines
6 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.89
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Southwest Airlines has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Southwest Airlines. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southwest Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Southwest Airlines$27.48B0.63$465M$0.6649.87
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.16$846M$0.8016.59

Southwest Airlines has a net margin of 1.43% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. Southwest Airlines' return on equity of 6.27% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Southwest Airlines1.43% 6.27% 1.83%
American Airlines Group 1.05%-24.55%1.68%

80.8% of Southwest Airlines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Southwest Airlines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 3 more articles in the media than Southwest Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for American Airlines Group and 24 mentions for Southwest Airlines. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Southwest Airlines' score of 1.00 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Southwest Airlines
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Airlines Group
13 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American Airlines Group beats Southwest Airlines on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LUV vs. The Competition

MetricSouthwest AirlinesTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.33B$8.28B$7.34B$21.28B
Dividend Yield2.16%8,199.86%949.35%3.53%
P/E Ratio50.0111.0214.5429.27
Price / Sales0.632,601.32477.8853.48
Price / Cash8.895.437.9723.64
Price / Book2.162.892.195.37
Net Income$465M$587.12M$571.12M$996.59M
7 Day Performance5.96%5.91%2.26%2.93%
1 Month Performance1.25%10.06%0.64%2.80%
1 Year Performance14.79%83.27%8.30%12.67%

Southwest Airlines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.9979 of 5 stars
$32.92
-0.8%
$33.06
+0.4%
+14.1%$17.33B$27.48B50.0172,450
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.5366 of 5 stars
$13.15
-0.2%
$16.76
+27.5%
+29.1%$8.67B$54.21B16.43133,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
3.5518 of 5 stars
$57.48
-3.8%
$64.33
+11.9%
+45.1%$1.05B$2.51B-3.615,991
CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
4.1651 of 5 stars
$123.03
+1.5%
$116.33
-5.4%
+23.6%$14.53B$17.72B28.0313,781Analyst Revision
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
1.9344 of 5 stars
$5.17
-1.1%
$5.16
-0.1%
+8.8%$1.88B$9.14B-4.7022,793Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.4728 of 5 stars
$128.47
-0.5%
$145.17
+13.0%
-26.4%$4.45B$4.79B26.931,441Positive News
SKYW
SkyWest
3.4952 of 5 stars
$117.10
+0.5%
$126.75
+8.2%
+62.5%$4.73B$3.53B11.9114,610
UAL
United Airlines
4.0486 of 5 stars
$102.08
+1.1%
$111.43
+9.2%
+147.3%$33.05B$57.06B10.23107,300Positive News
ALK
Alaska Air Group
3.8192 of 5 stars
$57.21
-0.3%
$67.83
+18.6%
+72.5%$6.60B$11.74B23.2833,941Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CPA
Copa
4.9391 of 5 stars
$116.37
-0.8%
$159.40
+37.0%
+28.3%$4.79B$3.44B7.577,909
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.5209 of 5 stars
$61.02
+1.3%
$66.21
+8.5%
+50.0%$39.87B$61.64B8.85100,000Positive News

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