Cathay Pacific Airways (OTCMKTS:CPCAY) vs. Saker Aviation Services (OTCMKTS:SKAS) Financial Survey

Cathay Pacific Airways (OTCMKTS:CPCAY) and Saker Aviation Services (OTCMKTS:SKAS) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.3% of Saker Aviation Services shares are held by institutional investors. 34.6% of Saker Aviation Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Cathay Pacific Airways has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saker Aviation Services has a beta of -0.15, indicating that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cathay Pacific Airways and Saker Aviation Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cathay Pacific Airways	0	1	0	0	2.00
Saker Aviation Services	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Cathay Pacific Airways and Saker Aviation Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cathay Pacific Airways	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saker Aviation Services	N/A	-4.66%	-4.33%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cathay Pacific Airways and Saker Aviation Services”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cathay Pacific Airways	$13.38 billion	0.79	$1.23 billion	N/A	N/A
Saker Aviation Services	$9.17 million	0.75	$1.25 million	($0.42)	-16.31

Cathay Pacific Airways has higher revenue and earnings than Saker Aviation Services.

Dividends

Cathay Pacific Airways pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Saker Aviation Services pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Saker Aviation Services pays out -119.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Cathay Pacific Airways beats Saker Aviation Services on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cathay Pacific Airways

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, together with its subsidiaries, offers international passenger and air cargo transportation services. The company conducts airline operations principally to and from Hong Kong. It also engages in the property investment and travel reward program; operates as a travel tour operator; and provision of financial, aircraft acquisition facilitation, airline catering, information processing, aircraft ramp handling, laundry and dry cleaning, ground handling, and cargo terminal services. The company operates in the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, Southwest Pacific, North Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. As of December 31, 2023, it operates 230 aircraft. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

About Saker Aviation Services

Saker Aviation Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the aviation services segment of the general aviation industry in the United States. It serves as the operator of a Downtown Manhattan (New York) Heliport. The company was formerly known as FirstFlight, Inc. and changed its name to Saker Aviation Services, Inc. in September 2009. Saker Aviation Services, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.