Head to Head Survey: Azul (NYSE:AZUL) vs. JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU)

Azul (NYSE:AZUL) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Azul and JetBlue Airways’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Azul	N/A	N/A	N/A
JetBlue Airways	-9.32%	-45.92%	-5.41%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Azul and JetBlue Airways, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Azul	2	0	1	0	1.67
JetBlue Airways	6	6	0	0	1.50

Azul presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 166.63%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.00%. Given Azul’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Azul is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.8% of Azul shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Azul and JetBlue Airways”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Azul	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JetBlue Airways	$9.06 billion	0.20	-$602.00 million	($2.39)	-2.06

Azul has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JetBlue Airways.

Summary

Azul beats JetBlue Airways on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Azul

AZUL S.A. is an airline company. AZUL S.A. is based in S?O PAULO.

About JetBlue Airways

JetBlue Airways Corporation provides air transportation services. The company operates a fleet of Airbus A321, Airbus A220, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A320 Restyled, Airbus A320, Airbus A321 with Mint, Airbus A321neo with Mint, Airbus A321neoLR with Mint, and Embraer E190 aircraft. It also serves 100 destinations across the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America, Canada, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Long Island City, New York.