EZJ vs. WIZZ, RYA, IAG, RR.L, HLMA, AXON, RTO, ITRK, JAR, and SMIN
Should you be buying easyJet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of easyJet include Wizz Air (WIZZ), Ryanair (RYA), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Halma (HLMA), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Intertek Group (ITRK), Jardine Matheson (JAR), and Smiths Group (SMIN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
easyJet vs.
easyJet (LON:EZJ) and Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
easyJet has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wizz Air has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
easyJet has higher revenue and earnings than Wizz Air. Wizz Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than easyJet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
easyJet presently has a consensus target price of GBX 640, indicating a potential upside of 35.42%. Wizz Air has a consensus target price of GBX 2,725, indicating a potential upside of 63.27%. Given Wizz Air's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wizz Air is more favorable than easyJet.
easyJet received 1026 more outperform votes than Wizz Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.39% of users gave Wizz Air an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.
44.3% of easyJet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Wizz Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of easyJet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Wizz Air has a net margin of 5.80% compared to easyJet's net margin of 4.27%. Wizz Air's return on equity of 122.00% beat easyJet's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wizz Air had 2 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wizz Air and 2 mentions for easyJet. Wizz Air's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat easyJet's score of -0.27 indicating that Wizz Air is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Wizz Air beats easyJet on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EZJ) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
