Financial Survey: Wheels Up Experience (NYSE:UP) and Airbus (OTCMKTS:EADSY)

Wheels Up Experience (NYSE:UP) and Airbus (OTCMKTS:EADSY) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Wheels Up Experience and Airbus, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wheels Up Experience	1	0	0	0	1.00
Airbus	1	6	4	0	2.27

Profitability

This table compares Wheels Up Experience and Airbus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheels Up Experience	-39.95%	N/A	-25.99%
Airbus	6.92%	20.90%	3.88%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Wheels Up Experience and Airbus”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wheels Up Experience	$736.50 million	0.30	-$294.22 million	($8.40)	-0.72
Airbus	$83.05 billion	2.01	$5.91 billion	$1.84	28.76

Airbus has higher revenue and earnings than Wheels Up Experience. Wheels Up Experience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airbus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.2% of Wheels Up Experience shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Airbus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Wheels Up Experience shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Wheels Up Experience has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbus has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Airbus beats Wheels Up Experience on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wheels Up Experience

Wheels Up Experience Inc. provides private aviation services in the United States and internationally. The company offers Wheels Up Membership program that consists of two primary membership categories, such as Individual membership for individual and business fliers; and UP for Business membership consists of small and medium enterprise, and custom enterprise solutions for business fliers that tend to spend at higher levels. Its Wheels Up Charter provides charter flight services for passenger groups, sports teams, global corporate events, and tour operations, as well as global passenger, cargo, emergency, and government services. In addition, the company offers wholesale charter services; group charter and cargo flights; maintenance, repair, and operations services; fixed-base operator services; safety and security services; and government, defense, emergency, and medical transport missions. It serves individuals, small and medium enterprises, and corporate customers. As of December 31, 2024, the company operated a fleet of 154 owned and leased aircraft. Wheels Up Experience Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Chamblee, Georgia.

About Airbus

Airbus SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and delivery of aerospace products, services, and solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence and Space. The Airbus segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells commercial jet passenger aircraft, freighter aircraft, regional turboprop aircraft, and aircraft components, as well as provides aircraft conversion and related services. The Airbus Helicopters segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells civil and military helicopters; and provides helicopter-related services. The Airbus Defence and Space segment designs, develops, delivers, and supports military air systems and related services. This segment also offers civil and defence space systems for telecommunications, earth observations, navigation, and science and orbital systems; missile and space launcher systems; and services around data processing from platforms, secure communication, and cyber security. The company was formerly known as Airbus Group SE and changed its name to Airbus SE in April 2017. Airbus SE was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.