Head-To-Head Analysis: Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (NASDAQ:OMAB) vs. Sky Harbour Group (NYSE:SKYH)

Sky Harbour Group (NYSE:SKYH) and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (NASDAQ:OMAB) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sky Harbour Group and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sky Harbour Group	$27.54 million	26.50	$18.82 million	($0.18)	-52.92
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte	$832.66 million	4.69	$296.74 million	$6.25	14.68

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has higher revenue and earnings than Sky Harbour Group. Sky Harbour Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Sky Harbour Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Sky Harbour Group and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sky Harbour Group	0	1	2	2	3.20
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte	0	3	2	0	2.40

Sky Harbour Group currently has a consensus target price of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 33.86%. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has a consensus target price of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.08%. Given Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte is more favorable than Sky Harbour Group.

Profitability

This table compares Sky Harbour Group and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sky Harbour Group	2.73%	6.45%	1.57%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte	33.17%	49.50%	17.03%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

14.7% of Sky Harbour Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.7% of Sky Harbour Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte beats Sky Harbour Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sky Harbour Group

Sky Harbour Group Corporation operates as an aviation infrastructure development company in the United States. It develops, leases, and manages general aviation hangars for business aircraft. The company is based in White Plains, New York.

About Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, holds concessions to develop, operate, and maintain airports in Mexico. The company operates 13 international airports in Monterrey, Acapulco, Mazatlán, Zihuatanejo, Ciudad Juárez, Reynosa, Chihuahua, Culiacán, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Torreón, and Zacatecas cities. It also operates the NH Collection Hotel in Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport, and a hotel under the Hilton Garden Inn name at the Monterrey International Airport. In addition, the company provides aeronautical services, which include passenger, aircraft landing and parking, boarding and unloading, passenger walkway, and airport security services. Further, it offers complementary services that comprise leasing of space to airlines, cargo handling, baggage-screening, permanent and non-permanent ground transportation, and access rights services; non-aeronautical services, such as leasing of space at its airports to retailers, restaurants, and other commercial tenants, as well as maintaining of parking facilities and advertising; and diversification services, which consists of operation and lease of the industrial park and real estate services, as well as hotel and air cargo logistics services. Additionally, the company provides construction services. It has a strategic alliance with VYNMSA Desarrollo Inmobiliario, S.A. de C.V. to build and operate an industrial park at the Monterrey airport. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.