Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC) Competitors

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (NYSE:PAC) and Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer PAC or RYAAY?

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico currently has a consensus target price of $200.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.60%. Ryanair has a consensus target price of $151.00, indicating a potential upside of 227.41%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PAC or RYAAY?

11.7% of Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, PAC or RYAAY?

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAC or RYAAY?

Ryanair received 343 more outperform votes than Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.53% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 53.68% of users gave Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico	Outperform Votes 255 53.68%	Underperform Votes 220 46.32%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 598 69.53%	Underperform Votes 262 30.47%

Is PAC or RYAAY more profitable?

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico has a net margin of 27.04% compared to Ryanair's net margin of 12.14%. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico's return on equity of 43.75% beat Ryanair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico	27.04%	43.75%	12.69%
Ryanair	12.14%	21.46%	9.91%

Is PAC or RYAAY a better dividend stock?

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico pays an annual dividend of $1.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryanair pays out 30.4% 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.

Does the media refer more to PAC or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Ryanair had 11 more articles in the media than Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ryanair and 4 mentions for Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico's score of 0.85 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryanair	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PAC or RYAAY?

Ryanair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. Ryanair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico	$33.61B	0.28	$539.17M	$9.65	19.63
Ryanair	$13.82B	1.78	$2.07B	$3.26	14.15

Summary

Ryanair beats Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.