ALK vs. UAL, LUV, SKYW, CPA, JBLU, ALGT, DAL, RYAAY, AAL, and ULCC
Should you be buying Alaska Air Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alaska Air Group include United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), SkyWest (SKYW), Copa (CPA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), and Frontier Group (ULCC). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Alaska Air Group vs.
Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
United Airlines has higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Air Group. United Airlines 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.
United Airlines has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 3.37%. United Airlines' return on equity of 32.26% beat Alaska Air Group's return on equity.
81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of United Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of United Airlines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
United Airlines received 156 more outperform votes than Alaska Air Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.07% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 66.73% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.
In the previous week, United Airlines had 12 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for United Airlines and 18 mentions for Alaska Air Group. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Alaska Air Group's score of 0.88 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Airlines has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alaska Air Group presently has a consensus price target of $76.69, suggesting a potential upside of 9.61%. United Airlines has a consensus price target of $113.88, suggesting a potential upside of 18.76%. Given United Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Airlines is more favorable than Alaska Air Group.
Summary
United Airlines beats Alaska Air Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALK) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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