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Ryanair Holdings PLC (RYAAY) vs China Southern Airlines Company Limited (ZNH)

Ryanair Holdings PLC and China Southern Airlines Company Limited are both Airlines companies. Ryanair Holdings PLC is the larger, with a market value of $27.0B against $17.7B — 1.5× the size. China Southern Airlines Company Limited has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ryanair Holdings PLC trades at 5.3×. Ryanair Holdings PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.7% against −2.66%. Ryanair Holdings PLC has the higher net margin (12.2% vs −9.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.2% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Ryanair Holdings PLC leads on 14 and China Southern Airlines Company Limited on 3.

Valuation

Metric RYAAY ZNH Airlines median
P/E 5.27 n/m 8.96
P/S 1.50 0.55 0.51
P/B 2.48 1.28 1.88
Price to free cash flow 13.77 n/m 11.45
EV/EBITDA 6.01 — 8.43
EV/Sales 1.35 — 0.79
Earnings yield 18.98% (11.51%) 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 7.26% (8.02%) 3.44%

Profitability

Metric RYAAY ZNH Airlines median
Gross margin 52.31% (0.11%) 40.73%
Operating margin 13.11% (7.90%) 4.18%
Net margin 12.17% (9.08%) 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 10.93% 0.00% 4.20%
Return on equity 22.81% 0.00% 10.75%
Return on assets 10.64% 0.00% 1.67%
Return on invested capital 22.18% 0.00% 3.19%

Growth

Metric RYAAY ZNH Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.73% (2.66%) 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 51.92% 57.67% 13.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 56.66% 1.65% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric RYAAY ZNH Airlines median
Debt to equity 0.00 2.82 0.81
Current ratio 0.79 0.23 0.60
Net debt to EBITDA (1.16) 22.72 1.42

Dividend

Metric RYAAY ZNH Airlines median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.45%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.21

Size

Metric RYAAY ZNH Airlines median
Market cap 26.98b 17.69b 3.62b

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