Blade Air Mobility (BLDE) Competitors

Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG) and Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LPG or BLDE?

62.5% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Blade Air Mobility shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Blade Air Mobility shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend LPG or BLDE?

Dorian LPG currently has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 86.72%. Blade Air Mobility has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.99%. Given Dorian LPG's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dorian LPG is more favorable than Blade Air Mobility.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorian LPG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Blade Air Mobility	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer LPG or BLDE?

In the previous week, Dorian LPG had 1 more articles in the media than Blade Air Mobility. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Dorian LPG and 1 mentions for Blade Air Mobility. Blade Air Mobility's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Dorian LPG's score of 0.70 indicating that Blade Air Mobility is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dorian LPG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blade Air Mobility	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LPG or BLDE?

Dorian LPG has higher revenue and earnings than Blade Air Mobility. Blade Air Mobility is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorian LPG, 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
Dorian LPG	$501.24M	2.15	$307.45M	$5.90	4.27
Blade Air Mobility	$225.18M	1.43	-$56.08M	-$0.69	-5.96

Which has more risk & volatility, LPG or BLDE?

Dorian LPG has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blade Air Mobility has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LPG or BLDE more profitable?

Dorian LPG has a net margin of 47.87% compared to Blade Air Mobility's net margin of -21.28%. Dorian LPG's return on equity of 23.75% beat Blade Air Mobility's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorian LPG	47.87%	23.75%	13.48%
Blade Air Mobility	-21.28%	-12.16%	-9.95%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LPG or BLDE?

Dorian LPG received 269 more outperform votes than Blade Air Mobility when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.59% of users gave Dorian LPG an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Blade Air Mobility an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dorian LPG	Outperform Votes 284 65.59%	Underperform Votes 149 34.41%
Blade Air Mobility	Outperform Votes 15 62.50%	Underperform Votes 9 37.50%

Summary

Dorian LPG beats Blade Air Mobility on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.