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