Financial Review: Bristow Group (VTOL) & Its Competitors

Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL) is one of 39 public companies in the “TRANS – AIRLINE” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Bristow Group to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Bristow Group has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bristow Group’s peers have a beta of 9.05, meaning that their average share price is 805% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bristow Group and its peers’ 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	-16,555.33%	19.90%	2.44%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bristow Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bristow Group	$1.42 billion	$94.80 million	8.90
Bristow Group Competitors	$14.23 billion	$554.57 million	1.84

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.3% of Bristow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of shares of all “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Bristow Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of shares of all “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Bristow Group and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bristow Group	0	0	1	0	3.00
Bristow Group Competitors	774	2115	3174	200	2.45

Bristow Group presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.12%. As a group, “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies have a potential upside of 23.14%. Given Bristow Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bristow Group is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

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

About Bristow Group

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.