Amcon Distributing (DIT) Competitors

AerSale (NASDAQ:ASLE) and Amcon Distributing (NASDAQ:DIT) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Does the media favor ASLE or DIT?

In the previous week, Amcon Distributing had 2 more articles in the media than AerSale. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Amcon Distributing and 2 mentions for AerSale. AerSale's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Amcon Distributing's score of 0.22 indicating that AerSale is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AerSale	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amcon Distributing	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ASLE or DIT?

AerSale has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcon Distributing has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ASLE or DIT?

Amcon Distributing has higher revenue and earnings than AerSale. Amcon Distributing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AerSale, 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
AerSale	$334.50M	1.10	-$5.56M	$0.01	690.69
Amcon Distributing	$2.71B	0.03	$4.34M	$5.96	23.15

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ASLE or DIT?

69.5% of AerSale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Amcon Distributing shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of AerSale shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.0% of Amcon Distributing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASLE or DIT?

AerSale received 12 more outperform votes than Amcon Distributing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.00% of users gave AerSale an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Amcon Distributing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AerSale	Outperform Votes 12 48.00%	Underperform Votes 13 52.00%
Amcon Distributing	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Do analysts rate ASLE or DIT?

AerSale presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.43%. Given AerSale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AerSale is more favorable than Amcon Distributing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AerSale	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Amcon Distributing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ASLE or DIT more profitable?

Amcon Distributing has a net margin of 0.13% compared to AerSale's net margin of 0.12%. Amcon Distributing's return on equity of 3.27% beat AerSale's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AerSale	0.12%	-0.24%	-0.18%
Amcon Distributing	0.13%	3.27%	0.95%

Summary

AerSale and Amcon Distributing tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.