AAL vs. RYAAY, VIK, BIP, TFII, MMYT, PAA, ZTO, NCLH, PAC, and ASR
Should you be buying American Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Airlines Group include Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), TFI International (TFII), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
American Airlines Group vs.
American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Ryanair has a net margin of 11.38% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 0.51%. Ryanair's return on equity of 19.92% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
American Airlines Group received 311 more outperform votes than Ryanair when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 65.25% of users gave American Airlines Group an outperform vote.
American Airlines Group currently has a consensus price target of $15.99, indicating a potential downside of 5.25%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $151.00, indicating a potential upside of 237.81%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than American Airlines Group.
Ryanair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Airlines Group. Ryanair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 1 more articles in the media than Ryanair. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American Airlines Group and 12 mentions for Ryanair. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.73 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. American Airlines Group pays out 121.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryanair pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Ryanair beats American Airlines Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AAL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
