Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (VLRS) Competitors

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (NYSE:VLRS) and RXO (NYSE:RXO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VLRS or RXO?

53.3% of Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of RXO shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of RXO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend VLRS or RXO?

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion presently has a consensus target price of $7.94, indicating a potential upside of 31.96%. RXO has a consensus target price of $17.93, indicating a potential upside of 18.54%. Given Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion is more favorable than RXO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
RXO	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Is VLRS or RXO more profitable?

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has a net margin of -1.03% compared to RXO's net margin of -5.45%. RXO's return on equity of 1.18% beat Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion	-1.03%	-9.89%	-0.55%
RXO	-5.45%	1.18%	0.57%

Which has more volatility and risk, VLRS or RXO?

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RXO has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VLRS or RXO?

In the previous week, RXO had 22 more articles in the media than Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for RXO and 5 mentions for Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion. Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat RXO's score of 0.42 indicating that Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RXO	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, VLRS or RXO?

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RXO. Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RXO, 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
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion	$3.14B	0.22	$126.38M	-$0.27	-22.28
RXO	$4.55B	0.55	-$290M	-$2.16	-7.00

Summary

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion and RXO tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.