Reviewing Corporacion America Airports (NYSE:CAAP) and Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL)

Corporacion America Airports (NYSE:CAAP) and Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Corporacion America Airports and Bristow Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corporacion America Airports	0	0	4	0	3.00
Bristow Group	0	0	1	0	3.00

Corporacion America Airports presently has a consensus price target of $23.20, indicating a potential upside of 31.52%. Given Corporacion America Airports’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Corporacion America Airports is more favorable than Bristow Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.9% of Corporacion America Airports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Bristow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Bristow Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Corporacion America Airports and Bristow Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corporacion America Airports	7.53%	9.06%	3.25%
Bristow Group	8.24%	12.86%	5.49%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Corporacion America Airports and Bristow Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corporacion America Airports	$1.87 billion	1.54	$282.67 million	$0.85	20.75
Bristow Group	$1.42 billion	0.75	$94.80 million	$4.01	9.19

Corporacion America Airports has higher revenue and earnings than Bristow Group. Bristow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corporacion America Airports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Corporacion America Airports has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bristow Group has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corporacion America Airports beats Bristow Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Corporacion America Airports

Corporación América Airports S.A., through its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, and operates airport concessions. It operates 52 airports in Latin America, Europe, and Eurasia. The company was formerly known as A.C.I. Airports International S.à r.l. and changed its name to Corporación América Airports S.A. in September 2017. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Corporación América Airports S.A. is a subsidiary of A.C.I. Airports S.à r.l.

About Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. provides vertical flight solutions. The company primarily offers aviation services to integrated, national, and independent offshore energy companies and government agencies. It also provides personnel transportation, search and rescue, medevac, ad hoc helicopter, fixed wing transportation, unmanned systems, and ad-hoc helicopter services, as well as logistical and maintenance support, training services, and flight and maintenance crews. The company has a fleet of aircrafts. It has customers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dutch Caribbean, the Falkland Islands, India, Ireland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, and United States. Bristow Group Inc. is based in Houston, Texas.