DESP vs. AAL, DINO, SOBO, GXO, SNDR, PAGP, VRRM, OMAB, GBTG, and CUK
Should you be buying Despegar.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Despegar.com include American Airlines Group (AAL), HF Sinclair (DINO), South Bow (SOBO), GXO Logistics (GXO), Schneider National (SNDR), Plains GP (PAGP), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), and Carnival Co. & (CUK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Despegar.com vs.
American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and Despegar.com (NYSE:DESP) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 37 more articles in the media than Despegar.com. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for American Airlines Group and 3 mentions for Despegar.com. Despegar.com's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.11 indicating that Despegar.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Airlines Group received 663 more outperform votes than Despegar.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.00% of users gave American Airlines Group an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Despegar.com an outperform vote.
Despegar.com has a net margin of 4.45% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.56%. American Airlines Group's return on equity of -28.56% beat Despegar.com's return on equity.
52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Despegar.com shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Despegar.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Despegar.com.
American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Despegar.com has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Airlines Group presently has a consensus price target of $16.95, indicating a potential upside of 72.38%. Despegar.com has a consensus price target of $17.20, indicating a potential downside of 9.90%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Despegar.com.
Summary
American Airlines Group beats Despegar.com on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DESP) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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