LATAM Airlines Group (LTM) Competitors

LATAM Airlines Group (NYSE:LTM) and Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.

Is LTM or RYAAY a better dividend stock?

LATAM Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ryanair pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is LTM or RYAAY more profitable?

Ryanair has a net margin of 11.38% compared to LATAM Airlines Group's net margin of 6.19%. LATAM Airlines Group's return on equity of 139.15% beat Ryanair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LATAM Airlines Group	6.19%	139.15%	5.29%
Ryanair	11.38%	19.92%	9.23%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LTM or RYAAY?

Ryanair received 18 more outperform votes than LATAM Airlines Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave LATAM Airlines Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LATAM Airlines Group	Outperform Votes 580 61.77%	Underperform Votes 359 38.23%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 598 69.70%	Underperform Votes 260 30.30%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LTM or RYAAY?

43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of LATAM Airlines Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LTM or RYAAY?

Ryanair has higher revenue and earnings than LATAM Airlines Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LATAM Airlines Group	$11.64B	0.72	$581.83M	N/A	N/A
Ryanair	$14.59B	1.62	$2.07B	$3.00	14.61

Does the media prefer LTM or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Ryanair had 8 more articles in the media than LATAM Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ryanair and 0 mentions for LATAM Airlines Group. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat LATAM Airlines Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LATAM Airlines Group	Neutral
Ryanair	Positive

Do analysts rate LTM or RYAAY?

LATAM Airlines Group currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.58%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $151.00, suggesting a potential upside of 244.59%. Given Ryanair's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryanair is more favorable than LATAM Airlines Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LATAM Airlines Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has more risk and volatility, LTM or RYAAY?

LATAM Airlines Group has a beta of 3.68, suggesting that its stock price is 268% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ryanair beats LATAM Airlines Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.