Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE – Get Free Report) and flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Blade Air Mobility and flyExclusive, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Blade Air Mobility | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
flyExclusive | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Blade Air Mobility presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 137.43%. flyExclusive has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 87.11%. Given Blade Air Mobility’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Blade Air Mobility is more favorable than flyExclusive.
Profitability
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Blade Air Mobility | -24.90% | -13.71% | -11.23% |
flyExclusive | N/A | -6.50% | 0.74% |
Volatility and Risk
Blade Air Mobility has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, flyExclusive has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Blade Air Mobility and flyExclusive’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Blade Air Mobility | $225.18 million | 1.20 | -$56.08 million | ($0.76) | -4.71 |
flyExclusive | N/A | N/A | $3.67 million | N/A | N/A |
flyExclusive has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blade Air Mobility.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
47.4% of Blade Air Mobility shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of flyExclusive shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of Blade Air Mobility shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of flyExclusive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Blade Air Mobility beats flyExclusive on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Blade Air Mobility
Blade Air Mobility, Inc. provides air transportation alternatives to the congested ground routes in the United States. It provides its services through charter and by-the-seat flights using helicopters, jets, turboprops, and amphibious seaplanes. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About flyExclusive
flyExclusive, Inc. owns and operates private jets in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Europe. The company also offers jet charter services; ownership and leaseback programs for aircraft buyers; and aircraft maintenance, repair, interior, and paint services. In addition, it provides jet cards, and interiors and exterior refurbishment services. The company is headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina. flyExclusive, Inc. is a subsidiary of LGM Enterprises, LLC.
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