WIZZ vs. EZJ, RYA, IAG, IMI, HSV, COB, IDS, RS1, 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), IMI (IMI), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), International Distributions Services (IDS), RS Group (RS1), Signature Aviation (SIG), and BBA Aviation (BBA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Wizz Air vs.
easyJet (LON:EZJ) and Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
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.
easyJet has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wizz Air has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
easyJet presently has a consensus target price of GBX 670, indicating a potential upside of 18.63%. Wizz Air has a consensus target price of GBX 2,725, indicating a potential upside of 116.79%. Given Wizz Air's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wizz Air is more favorable than easyJet.
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.
44.3% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Wizz Air shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of easyJet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Wizz Air shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, easyJet had 9 more articles in the media than Wizz Air. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for easyJet and 5 mentions for Wizz Air. easyJet's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Wizz Air's score of -0.04 indicating that easyJet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
easyJet beats Wizz Air on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WIZZ) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
