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SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW) vs United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL)

SkyWest, Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc are both Airlines companies. United Airlines Holdings Inc is the larger, with a market value of $35.9B against $3.0B — 11.8× the size. SkyWest, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.6× against 10.1×. United Airlines Holdings Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.3% against 7.03%. SkyWest, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.70% vs 5.46%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.00% vs 10.4%). Across the 21 metrics below, SkyWest, Inc. leads on 13 and United Airlines Holdings Inc on 8.

Valuation

Metric SKYW UAL Airlines median
P/E 7.61 10.14 9.74
P/S 0.72 0.55 0.62
P/B 1.09 2.03 2.03
Price to free cash flow 22.67 29.87 18.01
EV/EBITDA 8.26 9.70 8.55
EV/Sales 1.14 0.73 0.92
Earnings yield 13.14% 9.87% 3.19%
Free cash flow yield 4.41% 3.35% 3.20%

Profitability

Metric SKYW UAL Airlines median
Gross margin 69.82% 66.07% 51.70%
Operating margin 13.85% 7.51% 6.13%
Net margin 9.70% 5.46% 1.73%
Free cash flow margin 3.19% 1.84% 3.29%
Return on equity 15.05% 22.31% 14.11%
Return on assets 5.61% 4.43% 1.28%
Return on invested capital 8.00% 10.43% 4.91%

Growth

Metric SKYW UAL Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.03% 12.30% 12.32%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 33.20% 7.94% 9.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.79% 30.93% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SKYW UAL Airlines median
Debt to equity 0.84 1.49 0.76
Current ratio 0.58 0.75 0.62
Net debt to EBITDA 1.72 1.65 1.42

Dividend

Metric SKYW UAL Airlines median
Dividend yield — — 1.28%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric SKYW UAL Airlines median
Market cap 3.04b 35.90b 2.23b

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