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easyJet (EZJ) Competitors

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GBX 536.80 +19.40 (+3.75%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

EZJ vs. IAG, WIZZ, RYA, RR.L, RTO, HLMA, AXON, ITRK, MRO, and MGGT

Should you be buying easyJet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of easyJet include International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Wizz Air (WIZZ), Ryanair (RYA), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Halma (HLMA), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Intertek Group (ITRK), Melrose Industries (MRO), and Meggitt (MGGT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

easyJet vs.

easyJet (LON:EZJ) and International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

easyJet currently has a consensus target price of GBX 641.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.54%. International Consolidated Airlines Group has a consensus target price of GBX 225, suggesting a potential downside of 6.99%. Given easyJet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe easyJet is more favorable than International Consolidated Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
easyJet
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
International Consolidated Airlines Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

44.3% of easyJet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of easyJet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

International Consolidated Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than easyJet. International Consolidated Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than easyJet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
easyJet£8.75B0.46£374M£0.491,095.51
International Consolidated Airlines Group£30.59B0.39£2.64B£0.42575.95

easyJet pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. International Consolidated Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. easyJet pays out 1,020.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Consolidated Airlines Group pays out 1,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, easyJet had 3 more articles in the media than International Consolidated Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for easyJet and 3 mentions for International Consolidated Airlines Group. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat International Consolidated Airlines Group's score of 0.22 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
easyJet
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
International Consolidated Airlines Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

easyJet has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Consolidated Airlines Group has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

International Consolidated Airlines Group has a net margin of 8.63% compared to easyJet's net margin of 4.27%. International Consolidated Airlines Group's return on equity of 77.06% beat easyJet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
easyJet4.27% 17.26% 3.03%
International Consolidated Airlines Group 8.63%77.06%5.44%

International Consolidated Airlines Group received 290 more outperform votes than easyJet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.21% of users gave International Consolidated Airlines Group an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
easyJetOutperform Votes
1563
67.31%
Underperform Votes
759
32.69%
International Consolidated Airlines GroupOutperform Votes
1853
77.21%
Underperform Votes
547
22.79%

Summary

easyJet beats International Consolidated Airlines Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EZJ vs. The Competition

MetriceasyJetAirlines IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.04B£4.59B£4.42B£1.63B
Dividend Yield0.91%2.51%4.13%6.84%
P/E Ratio1,095.5186.92424.341,759.53
Price / Sales0.4617.78510.13250,053.70
Price / Cash0.784.3629.8627.38
Price / Book1.673.983.432.84
Net Income£374M£1.07B£195.04M£158.41M
7 Day Performance-0.85%-1.28%-0.88%-0.63%
1 Month Performance2.29%1.74%-1.09%3.35%
1 Year Performance23.20%2.68%27.61%124.76%

easyJet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EZJ
easyJet
2.6757 of 5 stars
GBX 536.80
+3.7%
GBX 641.67
+19.5%
+25.7%£4.04B£8.75B1,095.5116,697Dividend Cut
News Coverage
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
0.9613 of 5 stars
GBX 239.60
+2.2%
N/A+51.7%£11.74B£30.59B570.485,360
WIZZ
Wizz Air
3.2166 of 5 stars
GBX 1,511
-0.4%
N/A-20.5%£1.56B£5.10B606.837,389
RYA
Ryanair
N/AN/AN/A+0.0%£163.33M£2.61B-24.9419,100Gap Down
RR.L
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
N/AN/AN/AN/A£12.14B£13.52B-517.8644,000News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.8527 of 5 stars
GBX 406.50
+0.7%
N/A-13.6%£10.20B£5.41B2,540.6362,931
HLMA
Halma
0.1801 of 5 stars
GBX 2,573
+1.4%
N/A+23.5%£9.71B£2.03B3,623.948,000News Coverage
AXON
Axon Enterprise
N/AN/AN/AN/A$9.45BN/A0.002,150News Coverage
ITRK
Intertek Group
1.6448 of 5 stars
GBX 4,612
+0.0%
N/A+17.7%£7.43B£3.36B2,427.3743,908
MRO
Melrose Industries
1.5954 of 5 stars
GBX 513.20
+1.4%
N/A-6.3%£6.62B£3.46B-17,106.671,570
MGGT
Meggitt
N/AGBX 798.80
flat
N/AN/A£6.25B£1.63B79,880.009,270High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:EZJ) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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