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$4.27 -0.17 (-3.83%)
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JBLU vs. AAL, ALGT, SKYW, UAL, ULCC, ALK, CPA, DAL, LUV, and CAAP

Should you be buying JetBlue Airways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JetBlue Airways include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and Corporacion America Airports (CAAP). These companies are all part of the "trans - airline" industry.

JetBlue Airways vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 3 more articles in the media than JetBlue Airways. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for American Airlines Group and 25 mentions for JetBlue Airways. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.40 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
JetBlue Airways
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Airlines Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

JetBlue Airways presently has a consensus price target of $5.16, suggesting a potential upside of 20.82%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $16.76, suggesting a potential upside of 51.99%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
JetBlue Airways
4 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways 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
JetBlue Airways$9.28B0.17-$795M-$0.82-5.21
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.13$846M$0.8013.79

American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.05% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -4.22%. JetBlue Airways' return on equity of -15.59% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JetBlue Airways-4.22% -15.59% -2.34%
American Airlines Group 1.05%-24.55%1.68%

Summary

American Airlines Group beats JetBlue Airways on 12 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 JBLU 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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JBLU vs. The Competition

MetricJetBlue AirwaysTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.61B$7.66B$7.13B$9.53B
Dividend YieldN/A6,150.61%706.15%4.08%
P/E Ratio-3.889.7012.9323.80
Price / Sales0.172,860.71527.9588.12
Price / Cash3.765.027.6657.96
Price / Book0.652.602.065.55
Net Income-$795M$587.12M$574.24M$259.03M
7 Day Performance-2.51%-5.19%-5.20%-4.56%
1 Month Performance-4.47%6.27%-2.14%4.49%
1 Year Performance-23.20%26.27%-2.64%18.05%

JetBlue Airways Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
3.1899 of 5 stars
$4.27
-3.8%
$5.16
+20.8%
-27.9%$1.61B$9.28B-3.8822,793Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.0861 of 5 stars
$11.57
+0.6%
$16.76
+45.0%
+8.8%$7.63B$54.21B14.46133,300Options Volume
Gap Down
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.6632 of 5 stars
$51.30
+1.3%
$65.11
+26.9%
-3.4%$936.13M$2.51B-4.435,991News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
SKYW
SkyWest
4.1938 of 5 stars
$117.46
+4.6%
$126.75
+7.9%
+43.2%$4.74B$3.53B11.9114,610Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Down
UAL
United Airlines
4.6846 of 5 stars
$92.48
+1.5%
$111.43
+20.5%
+99.6%$29.94B$57.06B9.27107,300Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ULCC
Frontier Group
2.8194 of 5 stars
$4.53
+2.4%
$5.67
+25.2%
+6.1%$1.03B$3.78B15.617,938Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.7855 of 5 stars
$54.32
+4.1%
$67.42
+24.1%
+41.5%$6.67B$13.45B22.0833,941Insider Trade
Gap Down
CPA
Copa
4.4751 of 5 stars
$109.06
-1.0%
$152.00
+39.4%
+27.1%$4.49B$3.44B7.447,909Upcoming Earnings
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.9072 of 5 stars
$55.64
+1.4%
$66.21
+19.0%
+23.3%$36.33B$61.64B8.06100,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.0564 of 5 stars
$32.49
-2.2%
$32.75
+0.8%
+13.1%$18.52B$27.48B49.2372,450Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
Gap Down
CAAP
Corporacion America Airports
2.6195 of 5 stars
$20.00
-1.6%
$23.03
+15.2%
+22.5%$3.26B$1.86B23.256,100Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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