Head-To-Head Comparison: Blade Air Mobility (BLDE) vs. Its Competitors

Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE) is one of 259 public companies in the “Technology Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Blade Air Mobility to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Blade Air Mobility and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blade Air Mobility	-7.46%	-8.45%	-7.24%
Blade Air Mobility Competitors	-446.42%	-688.00%	-18.96%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Blade Air Mobility and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blade Air Mobility	0	0	2	0	3.00
Blade Air Mobility Competitors	489	2178	4764	249	2.62

Blade Air Mobility currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 36.76%. As a group, “Technology Services” companies have a potential upside of 23.86%. Given Blade Air Mobility’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Blade Air Mobility is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Blade Air Mobility and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blade Air Mobility	$248.69 million	-$27.31 million	-19.04
Blade Air Mobility Competitors	$1.27 billion	$25.33 million	4.57

Blade Air Mobility’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Blade Air Mobility. Blade Air Mobility 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.4% of Blade Air Mobility shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.9% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Blade Air Mobility shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Blade Air Mobility has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blade Air Mobility’s peers have a beta of -14.14, indicating that their average stock price is 1,514% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blade Air Mobility beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Blade Air Mobility Company Profile

Blade Air Mobility, Inc. provides air transportation alternatives to the congested ground routes in the United States. It provides its services through charter and by-the-seat flights using helicopters, jets, turboprops, and amphibious seaplanes. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.