Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:MESA – Get Free Report) and Corporacion America Airports (NYSE:CAAP – Get Free Report) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Mesa Air Group and Corporacion America Airports, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mesa Air Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Corporacion America Airports | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Corporacion America Airports has a consensus target price of $23.03, suggesting a potential upside of 19.78%. Given Corporacion America Airports’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corporacion America Airports is more favorable than Mesa Air Group.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mesa Air Group | $476.41 million | 0.09 | -$91.01 million | ($5.27) | -0.19 |
| Corporacion America Airports | $1.86 billion | 1.69 | $282.67 million | $0.86 | 22.36 |
Corporacion America Airports has higher revenue and earnings than Mesa Air Group. Mesa Air Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corporacion America Airports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
13.3% of Mesa Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Corporacion America Airports shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Mesa Air Group shares 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.
Profitability
This table compares Mesa Air Group and Corporacion America Airports’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mesa Air Group | -51.42% | -36.30% | -3.49% |
| Corporacion America Airports | 7.84% | 9.33% | 3.31% |
Volatility and Risk
Mesa Air Group has a beta of 2.96, indicating that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corporacion America Airports has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Corporacion America Airports beats Mesa Air Group on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Mesa Air Group
Mesa Air Group, Inc. operates as the holding company for Mesa Airlines, Inc. that provides regional air carrier scheduled passenger services. The company offers scheduled flight and cargo services. As of September 30, 2023, it operated a fleet of 80 aircraft with approximately 296 daily departures to 86 cities in the United States and Mexico. Mesa Air Group, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
About Corporacion America Airports
Corporación América Airports S.A., through its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, and operates airport concessions. It operates 52 airports in Latin America, Europe, and Eurasia. The company was formerly known as A.C.I. Airports International S.à r.l. and changed its name to Corporación América Airports S.A. in September 2017. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Corporación América Airports S.A. is a subsidiary of A.C.I. Airports S.à r.l.
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