TRN vs. JET2, TUI, OTB, HSW, TENG, BKG, WTB, TW, SMDS, and HWDN
Should you be buying Trainline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trainline include Jet2 (JET2), TUI (TUI), On the Beach Group (OTB), Hostelworld Group (HSW), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Whitbread (WTB), Taylor Wimpey (TW), DS Smith (SMDS), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Trainline (LON:TRN) and Jet2 (LON:JET2) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Trainline has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jet2 has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trainline has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Jet2's net margin of 7.33%. Jet2's return on equity of 29.79% beat Trainline's return on equity.
Trainline received 13 more outperform votes than Jet2 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave Jet2 an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Trainline an outperform vote.
Jet2 has higher revenue and earnings than Trainline. Jet2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trainline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Jet2 had 5 more articles in the media than Trainline. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Jet2 and 3 mentions for Trainline. Trainline's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Jet2's score of 0.08 indicating that Trainline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trainline presently has a consensus target price of GBX 391.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.89%. Jet2 has a consensus target price of GBX 1,850, indicating a potential upside of 39.31%. Given Jet2's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jet2 is more favorable than Trainline.
88.7% of Trainline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Jet2 shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Trainline shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Jet2 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Jet2 beats Trainline on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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