Critical Contrast: flyExclusive (FLYX) versus Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for flyExclusive and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
flyExclusive	0	0	0	1	4.00
flyExclusive Competitors	1470	3989	6544	344	2.47

flyExclusive currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 471.43%. As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 43.27%. Given flyExclusive’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe flyExclusive is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares flyExclusive and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
flyExclusive	-20.19%	N/A	-13.69%
flyExclusive Competitors	-30.33%	8.87%	0.47%

Risk & Volatility

flyExclusive has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, flyExclusive’s peers have a beta of 16.63, meaning that their average stock price is 1,563% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares flyExclusive and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
flyExclusive	$384.10 million	-$46.83 million	-1.38
flyExclusive Competitors	$14.60 billion	$623.26 million	16.71

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.0% of flyExclusive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held by institutional investors. 90.1% of flyExclusive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

flyExclusive peers beat flyExclusive on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

flyExclusive Company Profile

flyExclusive, Inc., through its subsidiary, LGM Enterprises, LLC., owns and operates private jets in North America. It also offers jet charter services; and aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) operations, and interior and exterior refurbishment services, as well as wholesale and retail ad hoc flights, a jet club program, partnership program, fractional program, and other services. The company is headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina.