SAVE vs. NVGS, ULH, VTOL, CPLP, GSL, GNK, ULCC, DESP, CVLG, and SNCY
Should you be buying Spirit Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit Airlines include Navigator (NVGS), Universal Logistics (ULH), Bristow Group (VTOL), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Frontier Group (ULCC), Despegar.com (DESP), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), and Sun Country Airlines (SNCY). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) and Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Navigator has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spirit Airlines. Spirit Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Spirit Airlines had 20 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Spirit Airlines and 6 mentions for Navigator. Spirit Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Navigator's score of -0.26 indicating that Navigator is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.0% of Navigator shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Navigator received 286 more outperform votes than Spirit Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 29.35% of users gave Spirit Airlines an outperform vote.
Navigator has a net margin of 15.68% compared to Navigator's net margin of -9.21%. Spirit Airlines' return on equity of 6.86% beat Navigator's return on equity.
Navigator presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.30%. Spirit Airlines has a consensus target price of $2.64, indicating a potential downside of 9.80%. Given Spirit Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Navigator is more favorable than Spirit Airlines.
Navigator has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit Airlines has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Navigator beats Spirit Airlines on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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