Critical Survey: Bristow Group (VTOL) & Its Peers

Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL) is one of 36 public companies in the “TRANS – AIRLINE” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Bristow Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Bristow Group and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bristow Group	0	0	1	0	3.00
Bristow Group Competitors	518	1971	3051	191	2.51

Bristow Group currently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.02%. As a group, “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies have a potential upside of 48.25%. Given Bristow Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bristow Group is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Bristow Group has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bristow Group’s competitors have a beta of 1.59, indicating that their average share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bristow Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bristow Group	8.09%	12.95%	5.53%
Bristow Group Competitors	-16,556.17%	13.99%	1.79%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.3% of Bristow Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of shares of all “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.4% of Bristow Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of shares of all “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bristow Group and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bristow Group	$1.42 billion	$94.80 million	8.55
Bristow Group Competitors	$13.87 billion	$597.38 million	1.20

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

Summary

Bristow Group beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Bristow Group Company Profile

Bristow Group Inc. provides vertical flight solutions. The company primarily offers aviation services to integrated, national, and independent offshore energy companies and government agencies. It also provides personnel transportation, search and rescue, medevac, ad hoc helicopter, fixed wing transportation, unmanned systems, and ad-hoc helicopter services, as well as logistical and maintenance support, training services, and flight and maintenance crews. The company has a fleet of aircrafts. It has customers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dutch Caribbean, the Falkland Islands, India, Ireland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, and United States. Bristow Group Inc. is based in Houston, Texas.