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Spirit Airlines (SAVE) Competitors

Spirit Airlines logo
$2.60
-0.27 (-9.42%)
(As of 10/29/2024 ET)

SAVE vs. AZUL, NVGS, ULH, DESP, VTOL, FIP, GSL, GNK, CVLG, and SNCY

Should you be buying Spirit Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit Airlines include Azul (AZUL), Navigator (NVGS), Universal Logistics (ULH), Despegar.com (DESP), Bristow Group (VTOL), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), and Sun Country Airlines (SNCY). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Spirit Airlines vs.

Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) and Azul (NYSE:AZUL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Spirit Airlines has a net margin of -13.20% compared to Azul's net margin of -29.36%. Azul's return on equity of 0.00% beat Spirit Airlines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spirit Airlines-13.20% -57.87% -6.51%
Azul -29.36%N/A -8.07%

Spirit Airlines has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Azul has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Spirit Airlines had 21 more articles in the media than Azul. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Spirit Airlines and 16 mentions for Azul. Azul's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Spirit Airlines' score of 0.22 indicating that Azul is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Spirit Airlines
9 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Azul
3 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Spirit Airlines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Azul. Azul 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
Spirit Airlines$5.13B0.06-$447.46M-$6.18-0.42
Azul$18.67B0.07-$476.80M-$2.44-1.23

Azul received 346 more outperform votes than Spirit Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.87% of users gave Azul an outperform vote while only 28.72% of users gave Spirit Airlines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Spirit AirlinesOutperform Votes
27
28.72%
Underperform Votes
67
71.28%
AzulOutperform Votes
373
64.87%
Underperform Votes
202
35.13%

Spirit Airlines presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.66%. Azul has a consensus target price of $6.59, suggesting a potential upside of 119.89%. Given Azul's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Azul is more favorable than Spirit Airlines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spirit Airlines
7 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.22
Azul
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

58.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Azul shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Azul shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Azul beats Spirit Airlines on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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SAVE vs. The Competition

MetricSpirit AirlinesAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$284.20M$2.56T$318.69B$19.40B
Dividend YieldN/A2.54%4.44%3.52%
P/E Ratio-0.428.3217.3929.18
Price / Sales0.06219.6249.7218.21
Price / CashN/A7.9413.2420.45
Price / Book0.251.872.165.39
Net Income-$447.46M$655.23M$522.95M$984.49M
7 Day Performance23.57%3.10%2.09%-0.36%
1 Month Performance6.35%4.53%-0.72%0.22%
1 Year Performance-82.33%15.20%21.24%32.34%

Spirit Airlines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAVE
Spirit Airlines
0.4244 of 5 stars
$2.60
-9.4%
$2.50
-3.7%
-82.3%$284.20M$5.13B-0.4213,167Upcoming Earnings
AZUL
Azul
3.0669 of 5 stars
$2.80
-3.1%
$6.59
+135.2%
-60.5%$1.18B$18.67B-0.2916,017
NVGS
Navigator
4.7162 of 5 stars
$15.85
+0.4%
$21.00
+32.5%
+10.3%$1.16B$550.74M14.03175Analyst Forecast
ULH
Universal Logistics
2.2402 of 5 stars
$38.68
-10.9%
$46.00
+18.9%
+94.2%$1.02B$1.77B7.989,311Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
DESP
Despegar.com
2.4145 of 5 stars
$15.00
-0.1%
$15.75
+5.0%
+134.2%$990.51M$720.99M0.004,500Short Interest ↓
VTOL
Bristow Group
2.2772 of 5 stars
$34.28
+0.4%
$50.00
+45.9%
+30.3%$973.31M$1.37B32.343,298Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
FIP
FTAI Infrastructure
3.0957 of 5 stars
$9.07
-0.3%
$11.50
+26.8%
+181.4%$922.37M$329.57M-4.36600Short Interest ↓
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.7911 of 5 stars
$23.93
-0.4%
$29.00
+21.2%
+31.4%$882.06M$674.79M2.627Short Interest ↓
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
4.1787 of 5 stars
$15.87
+1.3%
$24.60
+55.1%
+20.2%$678.36M$423.36M48.081,105Upcoming Earnings
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
4.6234 of 5 stars
$50.98
-0.7%
$69.50
+36.3%
+32.2%$666.41M$1.13B16.504,600Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
4.0485 of 5 stars
$12.62
+2.4%
$17.20
+36.3%
-2.4%$648.69M$1.06B14.022,783

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This page (NYSE:SAVE) was last updated on 10/30/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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