DESP vs. GBTG, RXO, SPCE, LIND, MODV, MOND, YTRA, ASTR, YGMZ, and BWLP
Should you be buying Despegar.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Despegar.com include Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), RXO (RXO), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), ModivCare (MODV), Mondee (MOND), Yatra Online (YTRA), Astra Space (ASTR), MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ), and BW LPG (BWLP). These companies are all part of the "transportation services" industry.
Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG) and Despegar.com (NYSE:DESP) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
82.5% of Global Business Travel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Despegar.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Global Business Travel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Despegar.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Despegar.com received 252 more outperform votes than Global Business Travel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.80% of users gave Despegar.com an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Global Business Travel Group an outperform vote.
Despegar.com has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Despegar.com's net margin of -3.40%. Despegar.com's return on equity of -4.82% beat Global Business Travel Group's return on equity.
Despegar.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Business Travel Group.
In the previous week, Despegar.com had 4 more articles in the media than Global Business Travel Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Despegar.com and 4 mentions for Global Business Travel Group. Global Business Travel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Despegar.com's score of 0.32 indicating that Despegar.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Business Travel Group has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Despegar.com has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Business Travel Group currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.27%. Despegar.com has a consensus target price of $15.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.13%. Given Despegar.com's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Global Business Travel Group is more favorable than Despegar.com.
Summary
Despegar.com beats Global Business Travel Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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