JetBlue Airways (JBLU) Competitors

Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, ALK or JBLU?

Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ALK or JBLU?

Alaska Air Group currently has a consensus target price of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.43%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus target price of $6.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.71%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alaska Air Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
JetBlue Airways	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALK or JBLU?

Alaska Air Group received 120 more outperform votes than JetBlue Airways when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.15% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 60.40% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alaska Air Group	Outperform Votes 846 70.15%	Underperform Votes 360 29.85%
JetBlue Airways	Outperform Votes 726 60.40%	Underperform Votes 476 39.60%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ALK or JBLU?

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ALK or JBLU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Air Group	$11.74B	0.55	$395M	$3.05	17.24
JetBlue Airways	$9.28B	0.20	-$795M	-$2.34	-2.28

Does the media favor ALK or JBLU?

In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 6 more articles in the media than JetBlue Airways. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 8 mentions for JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Alaska Air Group's score of 0.80 indicating that JetBlue Airways is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alaska Air Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JetBlue Airways	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ALK or JBLU more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alaska Air Group	3.37%	14.66%	3.60%
JetBlue Airways	-8.57%	-9.31%	-1.61%

Summary

Alaska Air Group beats JetBlue Airways on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.