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Wizz Air (WIZZ) Competitors

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GBX 1,315 +32.00 (+2.49%)
As of 01/17/2025 12:45 PM Eastern

WIZZ vs. EZJ, RYA, IAG, SPX, IMI, HSV, COB, IDS, SIG, and BBA

Should you be buying Wizz Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wizz Air include easyJet (EZJ), Ryanair (RYA), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), IMI (IMI), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), International Distributions Services (IDS), Signature Aviation (SIG), and BBA Aviation (BBA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wizz Air vs.

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

Wizz Air has a net margin of 6.27% compared to easyJet's net margin of 4.27%. easyJet's return on equity of 17.26% beat Wizz Air's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wizz Air6.27% N/A 0.15%
easyJet 4.27%17.26%3.03%

Wizz Air currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,725, indicating a potential upside of 107.22%. easyJet has a consensus price target of GBX 670, indicating a potential upside of 32.94%. Given Wizz Air's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Wizz Air had 1 more articles in the media than easyJet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Wizz Air and 5 mentions for easyJet. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Wizz Air's score of 0.14 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
easyJet
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wizz Air£5.10B0.27£319.60M£2.49528.11
easyJet£8.75B0.43£374M£0.491,028.57

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wizz AirOutperform Votes
537
76.39%
Underperform Votes
166
23.61%
easyJetOutperform Votes
1563
67.31%
Underperform Votes
759
32.69%

Summary

easyJet beats Wizz Air on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WIZZ vs. The Competition

MetricWizz AirAirlines IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.36B£5.37B£4.74B£2.06B
Dividend YieldN/A2.51%3.96%5.16%
P/E Ratio528.1188.99370.211,943.78
Price / Sales0.2720.36356.09427,090.66
Price / Cash1.714.9729.7829.40
Price / Book7.434.343.403.10
Net Income£319.60M£1.07B£196.30M£158.50M
7 Day Performance7.00%-0.88%0.61%3.25%
1 Month Performance-12.45%1.49%0.64%2.64%
1 Year Performance-33.43%8.25%28.77%175.10%

Wizz Air Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIZZ
Wizz Air
3.0998 of 5 stars
GBX 1,315
+2.5%
GBX 2,725
+107.2%
-32.5%£1.36B£5.10B528.117,389News Coverage
EZJ
easyJet
3.7726 of 5 stars
GBX 494.20
-2.5%
GBX 670
+35.6%
+2.1%£3.72B£8.75B1,008.5716,697Dividend Increase
Positive News
Gap Up
RYA
Ryanair
N/AN/AN/AN/A£163.33M£2.61B-24.9419,100News Coverage
Gap Down
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
1.231 of 5 stars
GBX 304.50
-3.6%
GBX 286.67
-5.9%
+123.6%£14.92B£30.59B724.995,360News Coverage
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
0.8442 of 5 stars
GBX 6,455
+0.9%
GBX 8,672.50
+34.4%
-25.4%£4.75B£1.66B2,482.6910,000
IMI
IMI
0.8841 of 5 stars
GBX 1,829
-0.7%
GBX 2,050
+12.1%
+19.7%£4.70B£2.21B1,885.5710,000News Coverage
HSV
HomeServe
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.05B£1.53B2,995.007,400
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898News Coverage
IDS
International Distributions Services
0.9963 of 5 stars
GBX 364
+0.0%
GBX 268
-26.4%
+48.4%£3.48B£12.68B6,066.67160,980News Coverage
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900
BBA
BBA Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£2.59B31.805,973News Coverage

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