JBLU vs. SAVE, MESA, ALK, CPA, SKYW, ALGT, HA, DAL, UAL, and LUV
Should you be buying JetBlue Airways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JetBlue Airways include Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Mesa Air Group (MESA), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Hawaiian (HA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Spirit Airlines had 2 more articles in the media than JetBlue Airways. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Spirit Airlines and 23 mentions for JetBlue Airways. Spirit Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.04 indicating that JetBlue Airways is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JetBlue Airways has higher revenue and earnings than Spirit Airlines. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirit Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spirit Airlines has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
58.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
JetBlue Airways received 699 more outperform votes than Spirit Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote while only 31.76% of users gave Spirit Airlines an outperform vote.
JetBlue Airways has a net margin of -8.79% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -9.21%. Spirit Airlines' return on equity of -5.72% beat JetBlue Airways' return on equity.
Spirit Airlines currently has a consensus price target of $3.57, indicating a potential downside of 2.95%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.00%. Given Spirit Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JetBlue Airways is more favorable than Spirit Airlines.
Summary
JetBlue Airways beats Spirit Airlines on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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