JBLU vs. SAVE, MESA, ALK, CPA, SKYW, ALGT, HA, DAL, UAL, and LUV
Should you be buying JetBlue Airways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JetBlue Airways include Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Mesa Air Group (MESA), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Hawaiian (HA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) and Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
JetBlue Airways has higher revenue and earnings than Spirit Airlines. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirit Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Spirit Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
JetBlue Airways received 699 more outperform votes than Spirit Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote while only 31.76% of users gave Spirit Airlines an outperform vote.
In the previous week, JetBlue Airways had 3 more articles in the media than Spirit Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for JetBlue Airways and 5 mentions for Spirit Airlines. JetBlue Airways' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Spirit Airlines' score of 0.35 indicating that JetBlue Airways is being referred to more favorably in the media.
JetBlue Airways presently has a consensus price target of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.42%. Spirit Airlines has a consensus price target of $3.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.04%. Given JetBlue Airways' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe JetBlue Airways is more favorable than Spirit Airlines.
JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit Airlines has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JetBlue Airways has a net margin of -8.79% compared to Spirit Airlines' net margin of -9.21%. JetBlue Airways' return on equity of -5.72% beat Spirit Airlines' return on equity.
Summary
JetBlue Airways beats Spirit Airlines on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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