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VLRS vs. SBLK, DHT, CMBT, TRMD, DAC, DESP, BWLP, ARCB, CCEC, and FLNG

Should you be buying Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion include Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), DHT (DHT), CMB.TECH (CMBT), Torm (TRMD), Danaos (DAC), Despegar.com (DESP), BW LPG (BWLP), ArcBest (ARCB), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), and Flex LNG (FLNG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion vs. Its Competitors

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (NYSE:VLRS) and Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Star Bulk Carriers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion. Star Bulk Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion$3.14B0.18$126.38M$0.3613.28
Star Bulk Carriers$1.27B1.64$304.65M$1.988.94

Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 18.62% compared to Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion's net margin of 1.38%. Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion's return on equity of 13.07% beat Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion1.38% 13.07% 0.75%
Star Bulk Carriers 18.62%8.20%4.92%

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

53.3% of Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion presently has a consensus target price of $7.44, indicating a potential upside of 55.63%. Star Bulk Carriers has a consensus target price of $22.05, indicating a potential upside of 24.62%. Given Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion is more favorable than Star Bulk Carriers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Star Bulk Carriers
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Star Bulk Carriers had 3 more articles in the media than Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers and 1 mentions for Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion. Star Bulk Carriers' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion's score of 0.77 indicating that Star Bulk Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Star Bulk Carriers
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion beats Star Bulk Carriers on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VLRS vs. The Competition

MetricControladora Vuela Compania de AviacionTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$562.60M$7.24B$7.08B$20.43B
Dividend YieldN/A8,945.39%922.94%3.76%
P/E Ratio13.4010.1112.6427.62
Price / Sales0.181,636.63296.4836.40
Price / Cash0.774.877.3221.79
Price / Book1.532.472.134.52
Net Income$126.38M$607.36M$563.51M$984.47M
7 Day Performance10.37%4.37%0.83%2.61%
1 Month Performance3.67%2.48%3.76%4.99%
1 Year Performance-23.41%48.90%0.95%13.53%

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
2.9645 of 5 stars
$4.78
-1.7%
$7.44
+55.6%
-22.8%$562.60M$3.14B13.406,901Gap Down
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
4.5027 of 5 stars
$16.55
+0.5%
$22.05
+33.2%
-30.4%$1.94B$1.27B8.36180
DHT
DHT
4.0964 of 5 stars
$11.65
-0.8%
$12.94
+11.1%
-5.5%$1.89B$571.77M10.5920
CMBT
CMB.TECH
N/A$9.39
-1.1%
N/AN/A$1.85B$940.25M4.372,752
TRMD
Torm
3.4427 of 5 stars
$18.23
-3.6%
$27.50
+50.9%
-56.3%$1.78B$1.56B3.85440
DAC
Danaos
2.2682 of 5 stars
$85.95
-1.5%
$105.00
+22.2%
-6.7%$1.66B$1.01B3.531,875
DESP
Despegar.com
N/A$19.50
flat
$16.75
-14.1%
N/A$1.63B$774.06M-650.003,820
BWLP
BW LPG
N/A$11.92
-1.5%
N/A-36.6%$1.59B$3.56B6.311,429
ARCB
ArcBest
4.5106 of 5 stars
$71.06
+3.3%
$89.42
+25.8%
-23.3%$1.58B$4.18B9.4014,000Positive News
CCEC
Capital Clean Energy Carriers
N/A$23.76
-1.6%
$24.00
+1.0%
N/A$1.41B$369.41M7.20N/APositive News
FLNG
Flex LNG
1.5198 of 5 stars
$23.82
-0.8%
$23.00
-3.4%
-18.9%$1.29B$356.35M12.478

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