flyExclusive (FLYX) versus Its Rivals Critical Review

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

Volatility and Risk

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.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
flyExclusive	0	0	0	1	4.00
flyExclusive Competitors	1470	3993	6553	344	2.47

flyExclusive presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 469.11%. As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 45.25%. Given flyExclusive’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe flyExclusive is more favorable than its rivals.

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	-16.44%	8.32%	0.46%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.0% of flyExclusive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are owned by institutional investors. 90.1% of flyExclusive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares flyExclusive and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
flyExclusive	$384.10 million	-$46.83 million	-1.38
flyExclusive Competitors	$14.22 billion	$623.26 million	16.68

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.

Summary

flyExclusive rivals beat flyExclusive on 9 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.