Free Trial

Frontier Group (ULCC) Competitors

Frontier Group logo
$3.98 +0.02 (+0.51%)
Closing price 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$4.09 +0.11 (+2.74%)
As of 07/8/2025 06:48 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

ULCC vs. AAL, ALGT, JBLU, SNCY, UAL, ALK, DAL, CAAP, GBTG, and RXO

Should you be buying Frontier Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontier Group include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), United Airlines (UAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Corporacion America Airports (CAAP), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), and RXO (RXO).

Frontier Group vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 16 more articles in the media than Frontier Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for American Airlines Group and 2 mentions for Frontier Group. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Frontier Group's score of -0.11 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Frontier Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

American Airlines Group presently has a consensus target price of $15.84, indicating a potential upside of 36.81%. Frontier Group has a consensus target price of $5.67, indicating a potential upside of 42.38%. Given Frontier Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Frontier Group 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
Frontier Group
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Group has a beta of 2.6, meaning that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Frontier Group has a net margin of 1.78% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. Frontier Group's return on equity of 5.53% 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%
Frontier Group 1.78%5.53%0.51%

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Group. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier 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$54.21B0.14$846M$0.9012.87
Frontier Group$3.78B0.24$85M$0.2913.72

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.0% of Frontier Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Airlines Group beats Frontier Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Frontier Group News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ULCC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ULCC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

ULCC vs. The Competition

MetricFrontier GroupTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$901.95M$7.40B$7.11B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A8,200.02%914.36%4.06%
P/E Ratio13.7210.2112.9120.10
Price / Sales0.241,894.50342.91120.29
Price / Cash7.084.987.4757.86
Price / Book1.492.562.115.56
Net Income$85M$607.36M$563.51M$248.40M
7 Day Performance-0.75%2.98%0.47%4.67%
1 Month Performance-0.25%5.35%4.22%6.64%
1 Year Performance-5.24%55.96%5.17%21.31%

Frontier Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ULCC
Frontier Group
3.8261 of 5 stars
$3.98
+0.5%
$5.67
+42.4%
-7.7%$901.95M$3.78B13.727,938Analyst Forecast
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.5643 of 5 stars
$11.22
-0.5%
$15.68
+39.8%
+5.9%$7.40B$54.21B12.47133,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.6978 of 5 stars
$54.95
-1.4%
$63.70
+15.9%
+19.7%$1.00B$2.51B-4.755,991Trending News
Analyst Forecast
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
1.8918 of 5 stars
$4.23
-1.2%
$5.16
+22.0%
-26.6%$1.50B$9.28B-5.1622,793Analyst Forecast
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.932 of 5 stars
$11.75
-1.0%
$16.83
+43.3%
+1.5%$625.22M$1.08B12.113,141Positive News
High Trading Volume
UAL
United Airlines
4.6889 of 5 stars
$79.63
+0.6%
$104.64
+31.4%
+73.5%$26.01B$57.06B7.2692,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.6573 of 5 stars
$49.48
+0.2%
$66.83
+35.1%
+31.0%$6.07B$12.64B17.9933,941Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.3914 of 5 stars
$49.17
-0.8%
$61.67
+25.4%
+9.1%$32.11B$61.64B8.7295,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CAAP
Corporacion America Airports
2.3878 of 5 stars
$20.23
-0.3%
$22.53
+11.4%
+21.6%$3.30B$1.84B23.526,100
GBTG
Global Business Travel Group
3.0498 of 5 stars
$6.32
-2.0%
$9.70
+53.5%
-2.6%$3.02B$2.42B-63.2018,000Analyst Upgrade
RXO
RXO
2.3294 of 5 stars
$15.78
+0.1%
$19.93
+26.3%
-37.1%$2.59B$4.55B-7.277,540News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:ULCC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners