Critical Survey: flyExclusive (FLYX) versus Its Competitors

flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX) is one of 78 public companies in the “Passenger Airlines” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare flyExclusive to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
flyExclusive	$403.89 million	-$46.83 million	-1.38
flyExclusive Competitors	$15.24 billion	$637.69 million	20.13

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

Profitability

This table compares flyExclusive and its competitors’ 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	-8.87%	4.80%	1.10%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

13.0% of flyExclusive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for flyExclusive and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
flyExclusive	0	0	1	1	3.50
flyExclusive Competitors	1527	4066	6688	356	2.46

flyExclusive currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 542.20%. As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 3.33%. Given flyExclusive’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe flyExclusive is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

flyExclusive has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, flyExclusive’s competitors have a beta of 18.44, suggesting that their average stock price is 1,744% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

flyExclusive competitors beat flyExclusive on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About flyExclusive

flyExclusive is a private aviation company that provides on-demand charter, aircraft management, fractional ownership and jet-card services. The company operates a fleet of business aircraft and offers private air travel for individuals, families, corporations and other organizations. Founded in 2015 by Jim Segrave, flyExclusive is headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina. Its operations include aircraft maintenance, flight operations, scheduling and customer service, allowing the company to manage much of the private-flight experience internally.