JBLU vs. ALK, CPA, SKYW, ALGT, DAL, UAL, LUV, ULCC, AZUL, and VLRS
Should you be buying JetBlue Airways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JetBlue Airways include Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Frontier Group (ULCC), Azul (AZUL), and Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
JetBlue Airways vs.
Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Alaska Air Group has a net margin of 3.37% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -8.57%. Alaska Air Group's return on equity of 14.66% beat JetBlue Airways' return on equity.
Alaska Air Group presently has a consensus price target of $70.15, suggesting a potential upside of 55.86%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus price target of $5.17, suggesting a potential upside of 39.64%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.
In the previous week, JetBlue Airways had 18 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for JetBlue Airways and 27 mentions for Alaska Air Group. JetBlue Airways' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Alaska Air Group's score of 0.47 indicating that JetBlue Airways is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alaska Air Group received 122 more outperform votes than JetBlue Airways when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.17% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 60.18% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote.
81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by company 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.
Alaska Air Group has higher revenue and earnings than JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alaska Air Group beats JetBlue Airways on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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