Allegiant Travel vs Frontier
ALGT and ULCC 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 ULCC compare
Allegiant Travel is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Frontier ($2.6B against $1.9B).
Allegiant Travel grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (27.8% versus 24.0% for Frontier).
Allegiant Travel keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.7% compared with −8.9% at Frontier.
Allegiant Travel scores higher on the StockData Score (5 against 2 for Frontier), 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 | ULCC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.6B | $1.9B |
| Share price | $96.25 | $8.08 |
| Change, 1 year | 40.9% | 112% |
| Change, 5 years | −47.4% | −48.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.35 | 1.87 |
| Employees | 5,616 | 7,750 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 29.3× | – |
| P/S | 0.8× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 50.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.5× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 931× |
| FCF yield | −0.98% | 0.11% (better) |
| Fair value | $62.87 | – |
| Margin of safety | −53.1% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 27.8% (better) | 24.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 21.4% | 24.4% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 5.5% (better) | −9.5% |
| Net margin | 1.7% (better) | −8.9% |
| FCF margin | −0.78% | 0.04% (better) |
| Return on equity | 3.9% (better) | −175% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% (better) | −878% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.66 (better) | 13.03 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.65 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | −9.5× |
| Current ratio | 0.85 (better) | 0.62 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.13 (better) | 0.39 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.31% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 0.31% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.7% | 59.0% |
| Held by insiders | 8.8% | 57.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$35.5M (better) | −$90.0M |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.1% | 23.4% |
Go deeper
- ALGT stock overview
- ALGT income statement
- ALGT valuation and score
- ULCC stock overview
- ULCC income statement
- ULCC valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.