Critical Comparison: Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (NWARF) and Its Peers

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OTCMKTS:NWARF) is one of 81 public companies in the “Passenger Airlines” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	0	1	1	0	2.50
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Competitors	1470	3989	6543	344	2.47

As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 44.04%. Given Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	N/A	N/A	-0.16
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Competitors	$14.58 billion	$623.26 million	16.70

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Competitors	-30.33%	8.87%	0.47%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.8% of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are owned by company 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.

Summary

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA rivals beat Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA on 9 of the 11 factors compared.

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Company Profile

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, together with its subsidiaries, provides air travel services in Norway and internationally. It is also involved in aircraft financing, leasing, and ownership activities; and cargo activities. It operates a fleet of 87 aircrafts. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Fornebu, Norway.