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Spirit Airlines (SAVE) Competitors

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$1.02 -0.06 (-5.56%)
(As of 11/18/2024)

SAVE vs. PTSI, SB, BLDE, ESEA, PAL, PANL, MODV, DSX, HSHP, and SPCE

Should you be buying Spirit Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit Airlines include P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), Safe Bulkers (SB), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Euroseas (ESEA), Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), ModivCare (MODV), Diana Shipping (DSX), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), and Virgin Galactic (SPCE). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Spirit Airlines vs.

P.A.M. Transportation Services (NASDAQ:PTSI) and Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

P.A.M. Transportation Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spirit Airlines. P.A.M. Transportation Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirit Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
P.A.M. Transportation Services$810.81M0.53$18.42M-$0.11-179.27
Spirit Airlines$5.36B0.02-$447.46M-$6.18-0.17

P.A.M. Transportation Services has a net margin of -0.34% compared to Spirit Airlines' net margin of -13.20%. P.A.M. Transportation Services' return on equity of -0.79% beat Spirit Airlines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
P.A.M. Transportation Services-0.34% -0.79% -0.33%
Spirit Airlines -13.20%-57.87%-6.51%

P.A.M. Transportation Services has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit Airlines has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

P.A.M. Transportation Services presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.65%. Spirit Airlines has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 96.08%. Given Spirit Airlines' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spirit Airlines is more favorable than P.A.M. Transportation Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
P.A.M. Transportation Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Spirit Airlines
7 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.22

22.1% of P.A.M. Transportation Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are held by institutional investors. 74.2% of P.A.M. Transportation Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Spirit Airlines had 2 more articles in the media than P.A.M. Transportation Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Spirit Airlines and 1 mentions for P.A.M. Transportation Services. Spirit Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat P.A.M. Transportation Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Spirit Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
P.A.M. Transportation Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Spirit Airlines
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

P.A.M. Transportation Services received 156 more outperform votes than Spirit Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.61% of users gave P.A.M. Transportation Services an outperform vote while only 28.13% of users gave Spirit Airlines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
P.A.M. Transportation ServicesOutperform Votes
183
59.61%
Underperform Votes
124
40.39%
Spirit AirlinesOutperform Votes
27
28.13%
Underperform Votes
69
71.88%

Summary

P.A.M. Transportation Services beats Spirit Airlines on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SAVE vs. The Competition

MetricSpirit AirlinesAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$111.71M$2.36T$333.08B$20.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.58%4.54%3.44%
P/E Ratio-0.177.2417.1836.62
Price / Sales0.02202.2066.3519.07
Price / CashN/A7.618.9818.69
Price / Book0.102.192.235.73
Net Income-$447.46M$799.75M$567.29M$983.96M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.21%-0.66%0.64%
1 Month Performance-58.70%0.10%0.88%6.62%
1 Year Performance-93.18%7.03%9.96%24.56%

Spirit Airlines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAVE
Spirit Airlines
1.5368 of 5 stars
$1.02
-5.6%
$2.00
+96.1%
-93.2%$111.71M$5.36B-0.1713,167Gap Down
PTSI
P.A.M. Transportation Services
1.267 of 5 stars
$19.72
+3.4%
$19.00
-3.7%
+1.3%$429.50M$810.81M-179.272,530
SB
Safe Bulkers
4.8595 of 5 stars
$3.84
+0.5%
$6.00
+56.3%
-5.5%$410.03M$318.43M4.249
BLDE
Blade Air Mobility
2.93 of 5 stars
$4.39
-7.4%
$6.00
+36.7%
+38.5%$343.80M$241.81M-6.41130High Trading Volume
ESEA
Euroseas
4.3163 of 5 stars
$39.50
+3.7%
$56.50
+43.0%
+31.6%$276.90M$189.36M2.35360Positive News
PAL
Proficient Auto Logistics
3.4302 of 5 stars
$10.00
-4.0%
$17.33
+73.3%
N/A$270.30M$135.76M0.00601
PANL
Pangaea Logistics Solutions
4.7963 of 5 stars
$5.69
+3.5%
$10.25
+80.1%
-18.4%$266.86M$499.27M11.70570Positive News
MODV
ModivCare
4.9276 of 5 stars
$18.07
-3.8%
$27.25
+50.8%
-53.9%$258.11M$2.79B-1.4421,200Short Interest ↓
DSX
Diana Shipping
2.8011 of 5 stars
$1.94
+8.7%
$3.00
+55.0%
-33.4%$242.18M$231.15M60.911,018Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
HSHP
Himalaya Shipping
0.1279 of 5 stars
$5.62
-9.5%
N/A-9.0%$224.09M$112.30M0.002News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SPCE
Virgin Galactic
1.6317 of 5 stars
$7.00
-4.1%
$25.50
+264.3%
-85.0%$202.16M$6.80M-0.42800

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This page (NYSE:SAVE) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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