Wheels Up Experience (UP) Competitors

Wheels Up Experience (NYSE:UP) and Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UP or VTOL?

98.2% of Wheels Up Experience shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Bristow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheels Up Experience shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Bristow Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer UP or VTOL?

In the previous week, Wheels Up Experience had 6 more articles in the media than Bristow Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Wheels Up Experience and 1 mentions for Bristow Group. Wheels Up Experience's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Bristow Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Wheels Up Experience is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wheels Up Experience	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bristow Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, UP or VTOL?

Wheels Up Experience has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bristow Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UP or VTOL?

Bristow Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wheels Up Experience. Wheels Up Experience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bristow Group, 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
Wheels Up Experience	$1.25B	1.50	-$487.39M	-$10.07	-0.27
Bristow Group	$1.30B	0.79	-$6.78M	$0.04	897.75

Is UP or VTOL more profitable?

Bristow Group has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Wheels Up Experience's net margin of -44.05%. Bristow Group's return on equity of 0.17% beat Wheels Up Experience's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheels Up Experience	-44.05%	-495.46%	-24.38%
Bristow Group	0.10%	0.17%	0.07%

Do analysts recommend UP or VTOL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wheels Up Experience	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Bristow Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UP or VTOL?

Wheels Up Experience received 14 more outperform votes than Bristow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Bristow Group an outperform vote while only 43.24% of users gave Wheels Up Experience an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheels Up Experience	Outperform Votes 16 43.24%	Underperform Votes 21 56.76%
Bristow Group	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Summary

Bristow Group beats Wheels Up Experience on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.