Allegiant Travel vs SkyWest
ALGT and SKYW side by side, both in air transportation, scheduled, and air courier. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ALGT and SKYW compare
SkyWest is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Allegiant Travel ($3.1B against $2.5B).
On earnings, SkyWest is cheaper: it trades at 8.0× trailing earnings, against 28.0× for Allegiant Travel.
Allegiant Travel grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (27.8% versus 7.0% for SkyWest).
SkyWest keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.7% compared with 1.7% at Allegiant Travel.
SkyWest scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 5 for Allegiant Travel), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALGT | SKYW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.5B | $3.1B |
| Share price | $92.15 | $82.34 |
| Change, 1 year | 33.4% | −18.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −49.7% | 88.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.35 | 1.14 |
| Employees | 5,616 | 16K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.0× | 8.0× (better) |
| P/S | 0.8× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/B | 1.4× | 1.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.3× | 5.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 4.1× |
| PEG | – | 0.09 |
| FCF yield | −1.0% | 24.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $61.70 | $149.53 |
| Margin of safety | −49.4% | 44.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 27.8% (better) | 7.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 21.4% (better) | 13.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −4.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −1.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 13.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 9.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | −0.78% | 17.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 3.9% | 15.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% | 10.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.66 | 0.84 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.65 | 1.91 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.9× |
| Current ratio | 0.85 (better) | 0.58 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.12 | 1.73 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.32% (better) | −0.09% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.32% (better) | −0.09% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.7% | 95.7% |
| Held by insiders | 8.8% | 2.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$35.5M | −$16.3M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.1% | 4.0% |
Go deeper
- ALGT stock overview
- ALGT income statement
- ALGT valuation and score
- SKYW stock overview
- SKYW income statement
- SKYW valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.