DAL vs. UAL, LUV, ALK, CPA, SKYW, JBLU, ALGT, HA, RYAAY, and AAL
Should you be buying Delta Air Lines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delta Air Lines include United Airlines (UAL), 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.
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Airlines has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of United Airlines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of United Airlines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock 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.
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 media.
Delta Air Lines currently has a consensus target price of $59.85, suggesting a potential upside of 17.31%. United Airlines has a consensus target price of $69.72, suggesting a potential upside of 31.57%. Given United Airlines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Airlines is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats United Airlines on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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