UAL vs. DAL, LUV, ALK, CPA, SKYW, JBLU, ALGT, HA, RYAAY, and AAL
Should you be buying United Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Airlines include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Hawaiian (HA), Ryanair (RYAAY), and American Airlines Group (AAL). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than United Airlines. United Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delta Air Lines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Airlines has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 8.48% compared to United Airlines' net margin of 4.90%. Delta Air Lines' return on equity of 41.89% beat United Airlines' return on equity.
United Airlines currently has a consensus price target of $69.72, suggesting a potential upside of 31.57%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $59.85, suggesting a potential upside of 17.31%. Given United Airlines' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe United Airlines is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.
In the previous week, United Airlines had 14 more articles in the media than Delta Air Lines. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for United Airlines and 21 mentions for Delta Air Lines. Delta Air Lines' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat United Airlines' score of 0.61 indicating that Delta Air Lines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.7% of United Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of United Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Delta Air Lines received 259 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.40% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.10% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats United Airlines on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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