SkyWest (SKYW) Competitors

$76.27
-0.50 (-0.65%)
(As of 05/17/2024 ET)

SKYW vs. JBLU, CPA, ALGT, HA, ALK, AZUL, ULCC, SAVE, MESA, and AAL

Should you be buying SkyWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SkyWest include JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Copa (CPA), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Hawaiian (HA), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Azul (AZUL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Mesa Air Group (MESA), and American Airlines Group (AAL). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.

SkyWest vs.

JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) and SkyWest (NASDAQ:SKYW) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of SkyWest shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of SkyWest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SkyWest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SkyWest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JetBlue Airways$9.62B0.21-$310M-$2.47-2.45
SkyWest$2.94B1.05$34.34M$2.7727.53

JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SkyWest has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

JetBlue Airways received 276 more outperform votes than SkyWest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave SkyWest an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
JetBlue AirwaysOutperform Votes
726
61.68%
Underperform Votes
451
38.32%
SkyWestOutperform Votes
450
68.18%
Underperform Votes
210
31.82%

SkyWest has a net margin of 3.83% compared to SkyWest's net margin of -8.79%. JetBlue Airways' return on equity of 5.45% beat SkyWest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JetBlue Airways-8.79% -5.72% -1.36%
SkyWest 3.83%5.45%1.66%

JetBlue Airways presently has a consensus target price of $5.68, suggesting a potential downside of 6.04%. SkyWest has a consensus target price of $62.25, suggesting a potential downside of 18.38%. Given SkyWest's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe JetBlue Airways is more favorable than SkyWest.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
JetBlue Airways
4 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.70
SkyWest
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, JetBlue Airways had 2 more articles in the media than SkyWest. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for JetBlue Airways and 7 mentions for SkyWest. SkyWest's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.64 indicating that JetBlue Airways is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
JetBlue Airways
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SkyWest
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

SkyWest beats JetBlue Airways on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SKYW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SKYW vs. The Competition

MetricSkyWestAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.07B$19.89B$10.34B$7.98B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%3.65%3.91%
P/E Ratio27.5310.6422.5618.77
Price / Sales1.051.6522.9685.85
Price / Cash7.4832.2216.0331.98
Price / Book1.421.932.234.64
Net Income$34.34M$658.30M$668.17M$217.28M
7 Day Performance-1.95%-0.05%1.84%2.90%
1 Month Performance10.33%-0.22%7.69%6.66%
1 Year Performance167.33%-1.14%16.82%9.89%

SkyWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
1.6648 of 5 stars
$6.36
+5.5%
$5.68
-10.8%
-16.3%$2.16B$9.62B-2.5723,388Short Interest ↑
CPA
Copa
4.9263 of 5 stars
$107.42
+1.3%
$145.60
+35.5%
+2.7%$4.18B$3.46B8.417,625Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.687 of 5 stars
$58.68
+2.1%
$89.13
+51.9%
-48.8%$1.07B$2.51B18.575,643Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HA
Hawaiian
0.222 of 5 stars
$13.48
+1.0%
$11.33
-15.9%
+66.6%$698.93M$2.75B-2.337,362Analyst Revision
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8508 of 5 stars
$43.78
-0.2%
$56.75
+29.6%
-4.1%$5.56B$10.43B23.4126,043Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
AZUL
Azul
1.5036 of 5 stars
$6.40
-1.1%
$12.26
+91.6%
-32.2%$2.70B$3.74B-6.8814,247Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ULCC
Frontier Group
1.2738 of 5 stars
$6.25
+2.6%
$7.28
+16.5%
-26.4%$1.40B$3.59B-52.087,235News Coverage
SAVE
Spirit Airlines
0.327 of 5 stars
$4.49
+2.3%
$3.57
-20.5%
-75.9%$491.66M$5.36B-1.0113,167Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
MESA
Mesa Air Group
0.1073 of 5 stars
$0.92
+2.2%
N/A-53.0%$37.67M$498.07M-0.312,303Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
AAL
American Airlines Group
3.5371 of 5 stars
$15.19
+1.7%
$17.62
+16.0%
-2.1%$9.97B$52.79B25.32132,100Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:SKYW) was last updated on 5/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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