FTAI vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, CPAY, GIB, AER, TRU, KSPI, and Z
Should you be buying FTAI Aviation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTAI Aviation include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), AerCap (AER), TransUnion (TRU), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and Zillow Group (Z). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
FTAI Aviation vs.
FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than FTAI Aviation. FTAI Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FTAI Aviation has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to FTAI Aviation's net margin of 1.59%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 206.25% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
FTAI Aviation currently has a consensus price target of $177.33, suggesting a potential upside of 57.80%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of $199.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. Given FTAI Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FTAI Aviation is more favorable than Waste Connections.
In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 34 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 10 mentions for Waste Connections. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 0.11 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company 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.
Waste Connections received 526 more outperform votes than FTAI Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 64.20% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote.
FTAI Aviation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. FTAI Aviation pays out -1,199.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FTAI Aviation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
FTAI Aviation beats Waste Connections on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FTAI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
