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$55.41 -4.88 (-8.09%)
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ALGT vs. AAL, JBLU, SNCY, UAL, ULCC, ALK, DAL, LUV, TNL, and CPA

Should you be buying Allegiant Travel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allegiant Travel include American Airlines Group (AAL), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), United Airlines (UAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Travel + Leisure (TNL), and Copa (CPA).

Allegiant Travel vs. Its Competitors

Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.26% compared to Allegiant Travel's net margin of -8.11%. Allegiant Travel's return on equity of 5.46% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Allegiant Travel-8.11% 5.46% 1.42%
American Airlines Group 1.26%-26.59%1.91%

85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Allegiant Travel$2.51B0.40-$240.24M-$11.57-4.79
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.14$846M$0.9012.88

Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Allegiant Travel had 6 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Allegiant Travel and 20 mentions for American Airlines Group. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Allegiant Travel's score of 0.34 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Allegiant Travel
0 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Airlines Group
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Allegiant Travel currently has a consensus target price of $65.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.51%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $15.84, indicating a potential upside of 36.69%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Allegiant Travel
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Summary

American Airlines Group beats Allegiant Travel on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ALGT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ALGT vs. The Competition

MetricAllegiant TravelTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.10B$7.42B$7.19B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A8,200.04%914.35%4.08%
P/E Ratio-4.7910.1912.8720.04
Price / Sales0.401,771.35320.77108.84
Price / Cash3.655.027.5228.59
Price / Book0.932.522.095.55
Net Income-$240.24M$607.36M$563.51M$248.49M
7 Day Performance-5.07%1.83%1.21%4.87%
1 Month Performance-4.88%3.60%3.73%6.63%
1 Year Performance21.62%51.40%3.22%20.38%

Allegiant Travel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.7105 of 5 stars
$55.41
-8.1%
$65.67
+18.5%
+22.3%$1.10B$2.51B-4.795,991Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.3898 of 5 stars
$11.22
-0.5%
$15.68
+39.8%
+5.0%$7.40B$54.21B12.47133,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.0037 of 5 stars
$4.23
-1.2%
$5.16
+22.0%
-26.4%$1.50B$9.28B-5.1622,793Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.9189 of 5 stars
$11.75
-1.0%
$16.83
+43.3%
+3.8%$625.22M$1.08B12.113,141High Trading Volume
UAL
United Airlines
4.7125 of 5 stars
$79.63
+0.6%
$104.64
+31.4%
+72.6%$26.01B$57.06B7.2692,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ULCC
Frontier Group
3.8108 of 5 stars
$3.63
+0.6%
$6.00
+65.3%
-12.6%$826.77M$3.78B12.527,938Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.6665 of 5 stars
$49.48
+0.2%
$66.83
+35.1%
+32.1%$6.07B$12.64B17.9933,941Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.3079 of 5 stars
$49.17
-0.8%
$61.67
+25.4%
+8.8%$32.11B$61.64B8.7295,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.9091 of 5 stars
$32.44
+0.9%
$31.88
-1.7%
+25.5%$18.49B$27.48B38.1772,450Analyst Forecast
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.4729 of 5 stars
$51.71
-0.3%
$59.20
+14.5%
+29.5%$3.43B$3.86B8.6319,000
CPA
Copa
4.8122 of 5 stars
$109.90
+1.7%
$153.00
+39.2%
+19.5%$4.52B$3.44B7.507,909

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