easyJet (EZJ) Competitors

Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) and easyJet (LON:EZJ) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is WIZZ or EZJ more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wizz Air	5.80%	122.00%	0.15%
easyJet	4.27%	13.89%	3.03%

Do analysts rate WIZZ or EZJ?

Wizz Air currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,275, indicating a potential upside of 54.34%. easyJet has a consensus price target of GBX 640, indicating a potential upside of 35.79%. Given Wizz Air's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wizz Air is more favorable than easyJet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wizz Air	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
easyJet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WIZZ or EZJ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wizz Air	£6.06B	0.30	£351.20M	£239.81	6.15
easyJet	£8.81B	0.40	£376.69M	£49.56	9.51

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WIZZ or EZJ?

63.2% of Wizz Air shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of easyJet shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of easyJet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WIZZ or EZJ?

easyJet received 1025 more outperform votes than Wizz Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.42% of users gave Wizz Air an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave easyJet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wizz Air	Outperform Votes 538 76.42%	Underperform Votes 166 23.58%
easyJet	Outperform Votes 1563 67.31%	Underperform Votes 759 32.69%

Which has more risk & volatility, WIZZ or EZJ?

Wizz Air has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, easyJet has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WIZZ or EZJ?

In the previous week, easyJet had 3 more articles in the media than Wizz Air. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for easyJet and 4 mentions for Wizz Air. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Wizz Air's score of -0.12 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wizz Air	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
easyJet	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

easyJet beats Wizz Air on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.