Head to Head Analysis: flyExclusive (FLYX) and Its Peers

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.0% of flyExclusive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are owned by institutional investors. 90.1% of flyExclusive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares flyExclusive and its competitors’ 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	-17.59%	-6.99%	-0.38%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares flyExclusive and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
flyExclusive	$403.89 million	-$46.83 million	-1.66
flyExclusive Competitors	$14.39 billion	$623.26 million	17.09

flyExclusive’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than flyExclusive. flyExclusive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for flyExclusive and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
flyExclusive	0	0	1	1	3.50
flyExclusive Competitors	1483	4010	6584	349	2.47

flyExclusive presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 434.35%. As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 12.39%. Given flyExclusive’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe flyExclusive is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

flyExclusive has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, flyExclusive’s competitors have a beta of 16.96, suggesting that their average stock price is 1,596% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

flyExclusive competitors beat flyExclusive on 8 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.