Comparing Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM) & flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX)

Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM) and flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.7% of Surf Air Mobility shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of flyExclusive shares are held by institutional investors. 57.1% of flyExclusive shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Surf Air Mobility and flyExclusive, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Surf Air Mobility	0	0	4	0	3.00
flyExclusive	0	1	0	0	2.00

Surf Air Mobility presently has a consensus price target of $3.28, indicating a potential upside of 536.52%. flyExclusive has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.68%. Given Surf Air Mobility’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Surf Air Mobility is more favorable than flyExclusive.

Profitability

This table compares Surf Air Mobility and flyExclusive’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Surf Air Mobility	N/A	N/A	N/A
flyExclusive	N/A	-6.50%	0.74%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Surf Air Mobility and flyExclusive’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Surf Air Mobility	$60.51 million	0.69	-$250.70 million	N/A	N/A
flyExclusive	N/A	N/A	$3.67 million	N/A	N/A

flyExclusive has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Surf Air Mobility.

Summary

Surf Air Mobility beats flyExclusive on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Surf Air Mobility

Surf Air Mobility Inc. operates as an electric aviation and air travel company in the United States. The company offers an air mobility platform with scheduled routes and on demand charter flights operated by third parties. Surf Air Mobility Inc. is headquartered in Hawthorne, California.

About flyExclusive

flyExclusive, Inc. owns and operates private jets in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Europe. The company also offers jet charter services; ownership and leaseback programs for aircraft buyers; and aircraft maintenance, repair, interior, and paint services. In addition, it provides jet cards, and interiors and exterior refurbishment services. The company is headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina. flyExclusive, Inc. is a subsidiary of LGM Enterprises, LLC.