Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT) vs SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW)

Allegiant Travel Company and SkyWest, Inc. are both Airlines companies. SkyWest, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.9B against $2.1B — 1.9× the size. SkyWest, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.0× against 55.7×. Allegiant Travel Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.2% against 9.10%. SkyWest, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.78% vs 0.91%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.24% vs 2.56%). Both pay a dividend; Allegiant Travel Company yields more (0.77% vs 0.17%). Across the 22 metrics below, SkyWest, Inc. leads on 12 and Allegiant Travel Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric ALGT SKYW Airlines median
P/E 55.70 9.97 10.32
P/S 0.62 0.96 0.57
P/B 1.02 1.46 2.06
Price to free cash flow 9.34 12.32 13.20
EV/EBITDA 13.54 9.74 9.68
EV/Sales 1.21 1.37 0.89
Earnings yield 1.80% 10.03% 2.85%
Free cash flow yield 10.71% 8.11% 3.17%

Profitability

Metric ALGT SKYW Airlines median
Gross margin 25.04% 70.05% 42.57%
Operating margin 4.90% 14.03% 4.18%
Net margin 0.91% 9.78% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 6.69% 7.81% 4.31%
Return on equity 1.85% 15.34% 10.75%
Return on assets 0.48% 5.62% 1.67%
Return on invested capital 2.56% 8.24% 3.19%

Growth

Metric ALGT SKYW Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.24% 9.10% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 81.58% 33.20% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 21.36% 13.79% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALGT SKYW Airlines median
Debt to equity 1.56 0.83 0.81
Current ratio 0.83 0.57 0.60
Net debt to EBITDA 3.41 1.72 1.42

Dividend

Metric ALGT SKYW Airlines median
Dividend yield 0.77% 0.17% 0.82%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ALGT SKYW Airlines median
Market cap 2.10b 3.91b 3.91b

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