Critical Contrast: Jet2 (DRTGF) & Its Peers

Jet2 (OTCMKTS:DRTGF) is one of 385 public companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Jet2 to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Jet2 and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jet2	N/A	N/A	94.40
Jet2 Competitors	$3.38 billion	$246.09 million	10.69

Jet2’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Jet2. Jet2 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Jet2 and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jet2	0	1	1	0	2.50
Jet2 Competitors	3667	16767	24773	859	2.50

As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 80.94%. Given Jet2’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jet2 has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.7% of Jet2 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Jet2 pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Jet2 pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.5% and pay out 45.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Jet2 and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jet2	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jet2 Competitors	-10.76%	-36.79%	1.78%

Summary

Jet2 competitors beat Jet2 on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Jet2

Jet2 plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the leisure travel business primarily in the United Kingdom. The company operates scheduled holiday flights to leisure destinations in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands, and European Leisure Cities. It is also involved in the package holiday and non-ticket retail activities, as well as passenger and charter aircraft operations. In addition, it engages in the aircraft leasing and financing services. The company was formerly known as Dart Group PLC and changed its name to Jet2 plc in September 2020. Jet2 plc was founded in 1971 and is based in Leeds, the United Kingdom.