Contrasting flyExclusive (FLYX) & Its Competitors

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

Profitability

This table compares flyExclusive and its peers’ 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%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.0% of flyExclusive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held by institutional investors. 90.1% of flyExclusive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for flyExclusive and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
flyExclusive	0	0	1	1	3.50
flyExclusive Competitors	1487	4016	6591	351	2.47

flyExclusive currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 498.29%. As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 12.31%. Given flyExclusive’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe flyExclusive is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
flyExclusive	$403.89 million	-$46.83 million	-1.48
flyExclusive Competitors	$14.17 billion	$623.26 million	16.67

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Summary

flyExclusive peers 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.