Critical Survey: easyJet (ESYJY) and Its Competitors

easyJet (OTCMKTS:ESYJY) is one of 81 publicly-traded companies in the “Passenger Airlines” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare easyJet to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares easyJet and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
easyJet	N/A	N/A	N/A
easyJet Competitors	-16.44%	8.32%	0.46%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares easyJet and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
easyJet	N/A	N/A	2.00
easyJet Competitors	$14.22 billion	$623.26 million	16.50

easyJet’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than easyJet. easyJet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of easyJet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

easyJet pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.2%. easyJet pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.5% and pay out 22.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for easyJet and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
easyJet	2	6	1	0	1.89
easyJet Competitors	1471	3995	6553	344	2.47

As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 45.67%. Given easyJet’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe easyJet has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

easyJet rivals beat easyJet on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About easyJet

easyJet plc operates as a low-cost airline carrier in Europe. The company engages in the provision of holiday packages; aircraft trading and leasing activities; development of building projects; financing and insurance business; and tour operator activities. easyJet plc was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Luton, the United Kingdom.