Bristow Group (VTOL) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, VTOL or UP?

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
Bristow Group	$1.30B	0.79	-$6.78M	$0.04	897.75
Wheels Up Experience	$1.25B	1.50	-$487.39M	-$10.07	-0.27

Do analysts prefer VTOL or UP?

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

Is VTOL or UP 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
Bristow Group	0.10%	0.17%	0.07%
Wheels Up Experience	-44.05%	-495.46%	-24.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VTOL or UP?

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

Does the media prefer VTOL or UP?

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 news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
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

Which has more volatility and risk, VTOL or UP?

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VTOL or UP?

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

Summary

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