DAL vs. UAL, LUV, ALK, SKYW, CPA, JBLU, ALGT, RYAAY, AAL, and ULCC
Should you be buying Delta Air Lines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delta Air Lines include United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alaska Air Group (ALK), SkyWest (SKYW), Copa (CPA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), and Frontier Group (ULCC). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Delta Air Lines vs.
United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 5.61% compared to United Airlines' net margin of 5.52%. United Airlines' return on equity of 32.26% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.
69.7% of United Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of United Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than United Airlines. United Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delta Air Lines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delta Air Lines received 253 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.67% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.73% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.
United Airlines has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 11 more articles in the media than United Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 31 mentions for United Airlines. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Delta Air Lines' score of 0.54 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Airlines currently has a consensus price target of $113.88, indicating a potential upside of 12.85%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $78.22, indicating a potential upside of 25.31%. Given Delta Air Lines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Delta Air Lines is more favorable than United Airlines.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats United Airlines on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DAL) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
