Critical Comparison: Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (NWARF) and Its Rivals

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OTCMKTS:NWARF) is one of 81 public companies in the “Passenger Airlines” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Competitors	-17.59%	-6.99%	-0.38%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	0	1	1	0	2.50
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Competitors	1485	4016	6591	351	2.47

As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 10.99%. Given Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.8% of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	N/A	N/A	-0.17
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Competitors	$14.20 billion	$623.26 million	17.23

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA 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.

Summary

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA competitors beat Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

About Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, together with its subsidiaries, provides air travel services in Norway and internationally. It is also involved in aircraft financing, leasing, and ownership activities; and cargo activities. It operates a fleet of 87 aircrafts. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Fornebu, Norway.