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SNCY vs. AAL, ALGT, UAL, ULCC, DAL, HAFN, DKL, GEL, SBLK, and INSW

Should you be buying Sun Country Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Country Airlines include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), United Airlines (UAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Hafnia (HAFN), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), and International Seaways (INSW).

Sun Country Airlines vs. Its Competitors

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

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Country Airlines has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Airlines Group currently has a consensus target price of $15.89, indicating a potential upside of 29.54%. Sun Country Airlines has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 31.82%. Given Sun Country Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Country Airlines is more favorable than American Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Sun Country Airlines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Sun Country Airlines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 23 more articles in the media than Sun Country Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for American Airlines Group and 4 mentions for Sun Country Airlines. Sun Country Airlines' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.72 indicating that Sun Country Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sun Country Airlines
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sun Country Airlines has a net margin of 4.96% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. Sun Country Airlines' return on equity of 10.28% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Airlines Group1.26% -26.59% 1.91%
Sun Country Airlines 4.96%10.28%3.63%

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sun Country Airlines. Sun Country Airlines 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
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.9013.63
Sun Country Airlines$1.08B0.63$52.90M$0.9713.16

Summary

Sun Country Airlines beats American Airlines Group on 10 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 SNCY 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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SNCY vs. The Competition

MetricSun Country AirlinesTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$673.61M$7.75B$7.30B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A8,199.93%922.85%4.05%
P/E Ratio13.1610.4413.0619.68
Price / Sales0.632,726.51503.29100.28
Price / Cash4.355.067.4157.53
Price / Book1.192.742.135.67
Net Income$52.90M$587.12M$574.43M$257.51M
7 Day Performance1.83%4.53%1.03%0.52%
1 Month Performance13.41%15.88%4.53%8.84%
1 Year Performance-0.93%55.64%1.99%14.18%

Sun Country Airlines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.5934 of 5 stars
$12.77
+0.9%
$16.83
+31.8%
+1.6%$673.61M$1.08B13.163,141Positive News
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.334 of 5 stars
$11.59
-0.9%
$15.84
+36.7%
+14.5%$7.71B$54.21B12.88133,300
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.5884 of 5 stars
$55.41
-8.1%
$64.40
+16.2%
+3.8%$1.10B$2.51B-4.795,991Analyst Revision
Gap Down
UAL
United Airlines
4.5957 of 5 stars
$81.11
-1.5%
$104.50
+28.8%
+94.9%$26.90B$57.06B7.39107,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ULCC
Frontier Group
4.2143 of 5 stars
$3.96
-4.6%
$5.67
+43.1%
-4.4%$945.22M$3.78B13.667,938News Coverage
Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7359 of 5 stars
$50.06
-1.6%
$61.42
+22.7%
+29.7%$33.21B$61.64B8.88100,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HAFN
Hafnia
3.6502 of 5 stars
$5.34
+2.7%
$6.50
+21.7%
-33.6%$2.64B$1.94B4.414,959
DKL
Delek Logistics Partners
1.5923 of 5 stars
$43.90
+0.4%
$44.25
+0.8%
+8.0%$2.34B$940.64M14.682,020
GEL
Genesis Energy
1.788 of 5 stars
$17.38
-0.5%
$16.50
-5.1%
+19.7%$2.14B$2.97B-3.342,075Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
3.6052 of 5 stars
$18.20
+0.9%
$22.05
+21.2%
-25.2%$2.12B$1.27B9.19180
INSW
International Seaways
3.9091 of 5 stars
$40.29
+2.4%
$51.33
+27.4%
-32.5%$1.94B$951.61M6.232,824

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This page (NASDAQ:SNCY) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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