Analyzing flyExclusive (FLYX) and Its Rivals

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares flyExclusive and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
flyExclusive	$403.89 million	-$46.83 million	-1.66
flyExclusive Competitors	$14.25 billion	$623.26 million	17.05

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

Risk & Volatility

flyExclusive has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, flyExclusive’s rivals have a beta of 16.96, indicating that their average share price is 1,596% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares flyExclusive and its rivals’ 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	-17.59%	-6.99%	-0.38%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for flyExclusive and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
flyExclusive	0	0	0	1	4.00
flyExclusive Competitors	1483	4009	6581	348	2.47

flyExclusive currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 434.35%. As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 11.82%. Given flyExclusive’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe flyExclusive is more favorable than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held by company 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.

Summary

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

About flyExclusive

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.