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LATAM Airlines Group (LTM) Competitors

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$41.76 -0.04 (-0.10%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

LTM vs. DAL, RYAAY, UAL, LUV, JOBY, AAL, ALK, CPA, SKYW, and CAAP

Should you be buying LATAM Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LATAM Airlines Group include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Joby Aviation (JOBY), American Airlines Group (AAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), and Corporacion America Airports (CAAP). These companies are all part of the "trans - airline" industry.

LATAM Airlines Group vs. Its Competitors

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and LATAM Airlines Group (NYSE:LTM) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 32 more articles in the media than LATAM Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 7 mentions for LATAM Airlines Group. Delta Air Lines' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat LATAM Airlines Group's score of 0.34 indicating that Delta Air Lines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Delta Air Lines
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LATAM Airlines Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Delta Air Lines currently has a consensus target price of $61.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.09%. LATAM Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.00%. Given Delta Air Lines' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Delta Air Lines is more favorable than LATAM Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Delta Air Lines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
LATAM Airlines Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than LATAM Airlines Group. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LATAM Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Delta Air Lines$61.64B0.54$3.46B$5.649.03
LATAM Airlines Group$12.91B0.98$976.97M$3.5611.73

69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of LATAM Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

LATAM Airlines Group has a net margin of 8.25% compared to Delta Air Lines' net margin of 5.91%. LATAM Airlines Group's return on equity of 148.44% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Delta Air Lines5.91% 28.18% 5.28%
LATAM Airlines Group 8.25%148.44%7.01%

Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LATAM Airlines Group has a beta of 3.58, indicating that its share price is 258% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Delta Air Lines pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. LATAM Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Delta Air Lines pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LATAM Airlines Group pays out 17.7% 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. Delta Air Lines has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Delta Air Lines beats LATAM Airlines Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LTM vs. The Competition

MetricLATAM Airlines GroupTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.62B$7.42B$7.20B$20.71B
Dividend Yield1.52%8,200.09%914.36%3.71%
P/E Ratio11.7310.2813.1028.08
Price / Sales0.981,752.23314.0238.52
Price / Cash12.925.027.5222.53
Price / Book17.772.542.174.58
Net Income$976.97M$607.36M$563.51M$985.54M
7 Day Performance4.06%4.29%2.40%2.79%
1 Month Performance8.16%3.79%4.57%4.37%
1 Year Performance1,200.93%51.82%3.24%15.08%

LATAM Airlines Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LTM
LATAM Airlines Group
3.3065 of 5 stars
$41.76
-0.1%
$38.00
-9.0%
+1,200.9%$12.62B$12.91B11.7338,664Analyst Downgrade
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7179 of 5 stars
$49.17
-0.8%
$61.67
+25.4%
+10.7%$32.38B$61.64B8.72100,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.3326 of 5 stars
$57.67
+1.2%
$147.00
+154.9%
-51.3%$30.28B$14.98B18.0425,952News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
UAL
United Airlines
4.7249 of 5 stars
$79.63
+0.6%
$104.64
+31.4%
+74.9%$25.86B$57.06B7.26107,300News Coverage
Positive News
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.8435 of 5 stars
$32.44
+0.9%
$31.88
-1.7%
+26.2%$18.33B$27.48B38.1772,450
JOBY
Joby Aviation
1.3276 of 5 stars
$10.52
+11.4%
$9.33
-11.3%
+104.0%$7.47B$140K-12.522,029Insider Trade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.5195 of 5 stars
$11.22
-0.5%
$15.68
+39.8%
+5.9%$7.44B$54.21B12.47133,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8177 of 5 stars
$49.48
+0.2%
$66.83
+35.1%
+33.1%$6.06B$11.74B17.9933,941News Coverage
Positive News
CPA
Copa
4.8674 of 5 stars
$109.90
+1.7%
$153.00
+39.2%
+19.9%$4.45B$3.44B7.507,909
SKYW
SkyWest
4.5326 of 5 stars
$102.97
-0.4%
$120.67
+17.2%
+31.6%$4.18B$3.53B11.7814,610Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
CAAP
Corporacion America Airports
2.4238 of 5 stars
$20.23
-0.3%
$22.53
+11.4%
+24.4%$3.31B$1.86B23.526,100Analyst Forecast

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