Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) Vs. DAL, RYAAY, UAL, AAL, ZNH, ALK, CEA, AZUL, JBLU, and ALGT
Should you be buying Southwest Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southwest Airlines include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), United Airlines (UAL), American Airlines Group (AAL), China Southern Airlines (ZNH), Alaska Air Group (ALK), China Eastern Airlines (CEA), Azul (AZUL), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), and Allegiant Travel (ALGT). These companies are all part of the "airlines" industry.These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Southwest Airlines vs.
Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) and Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Southwest Airlines had 11 more articles in the media than Ryanair. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Southwest Airlines and 7 mentions for Ryanair. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of -0.10 beat Southwest Airlines' score of -0.35 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ryanair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Southwest Airlines. Southwest Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryanair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southwest Airlines presently has a consensus target price of $61.01, indicating a potential upside of 37.79%. Ryanair has a consensus target price of $122.08, indicating a potential upside of 21.38%. Given Southwest Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Southwest Airlines is more favorable than Ryanair.
Southwest Airlines received 539 more outperform votes than Ryanair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.48% of users gave Southwest Airlines an outperform vote while only 71.19% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote.
77.6% of Southwest Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Ryanair shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Southwest Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Southwest Airlines has a net margin of 0.02% compared to Ryanair's net margin of -25.41%. Ryanair's return on equity of -14.51% beat Southwest Airlines' return on equity.
Southwest Airlines has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Southwest Airlines beats Ryanair on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LUV 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.
Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) vs. Its Competitors
Southwest Airlines Competitors List
