DAL vs. UAL, LUV, RYAAY, AAL, WAB, ODFL, JBHT, EXPD, NSC, and UHAL
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), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Norfolk Southern (NSC), and U-Haul (UHAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United Airlines has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Airlines had 18 more articles in the media than Delta Air Lines. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for United Airlines and 26 mentions for Delta Air Lines. Delta Air Lines' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat United Airlines' score of 0.73 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Delta Air Lines received 260 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.38% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.05% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.
United Airlines presently has a consensus target price of $67.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.33%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus target price of $59.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. Given Delta Air Lines' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe United Airlines is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than United Airlines. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 8.48% compared to Delta Air Lines' net margin of 4.90%. United Airlines' return on equity of 41.89% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats United Airlines on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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