South Bow (SOBO) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SOBO or LTM?

LATAM Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than South Bow. LATAM Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, 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
South Bow	$2.12B	2.77	$316M	$1.85	15.23
LATAM Airlines Group	$12.83B	1.13	$976.97M	$3.89	12.35

Do analysts recommend SOBO or LTM?

South Bow presently has a consensus price target of $28.80, suggesting a potential upside of 2.20%. LATAM Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.85%. Given South Bow's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe South Bow is more favorable than LATAM Airlines Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
South Bow	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15
LATAM Airlines Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is SOBO or LTM more profitable?

LATAM Airlines Group has a net margin of 8.79% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. LATAM Airlines Group's return on equity of 143.14% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A
LATAM Airlines Group	8.79%	143.14%	7.44%

Is SOBO or LTM a better dividend stock?

South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. LATAM Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. South Bow pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LATAM Airlines Group pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer SOBO or LTM?

In the previous week, South Bow had 1 more articles in the media than LATAM Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for South Bow and 2 mentions for LATAM Airlines Group. South Bow's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat LATAM Airlines Group's score of 0.75 indicating that South Bow is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
South Bow	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
LATAM Airlines Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

LATAM Airlines Group beats South Bow on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.