Flight Centre (OTCMKTS:FGETF) versus Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) Head to Head Comparison

Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) and Flight Centre (OTCMKTS:FGETF) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Travel + Leisure and Flight Centre’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travel + Leisure	10.36%	-49.06%	6.24%
Flight Centre	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Travel + Leisure and Flight Centre, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travel + Leisure	0	2	8	1	2.91
Flight Centre	0	0	1	1	3.50

Travel + Leisure presently has a consensus target price of $73.56, indicating a potential upside of 1.57%. Given Travel + Leisure’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Travel + Leisure is more favorable than Flight Centre.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Travel + Leisure shares are held by 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.

Volatility and Risk

Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flight Centre has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Travel + Leisure and Flight Centre”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Travel + Leisure	$3.86 billion	1.21	$411.00 million	$6.08	11.91
Flight Centre	$1.80 billion	N/A	$70.90 million	N/A	N/A

Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than Flight Centre.

Summary

Travel + Leisure beats Flight Centre on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure Co., together with its subsidiaries, provides hospitality services and travel products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Vacation Ownership; and Travel and Membership. The Vacation Ownership segment develops, markets, and sells vacation ownership interests (VOIs) to individual consumers, as well as provides consumer financing in connection with the sale of VOIs; and property management services at resorts. The Travel and Membership segment operates various travel businesses, including three vacation exchange brands, travel technology platforms, travel memberships, and direct-to-consumer rentals. This segment also offers private-label travel booking technology solutions. The company was formerly known as Wyndham Destinations, Inc. and changed its name to Travel + Leisure Co. in February 2021. Travel + Leisure Co. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

About Flight Centre

Flight Centre Travel Group Limited provides travel retailing services for the leisure and corporate sectors in Australia, New Zealand, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and internationally. The company offers leisure travel services for the niche sectors, as well as mass, youth, premium, and cruise markets; and corporate travel services for organizations of various sizes across industries, as well as supplies products to its national and international network, or travel retail outlets. It also provides tour operations, hotel management, and destination management services. In addition, the company offers other travel related services, including foreign currency exchange and travel academies; recruitment marketing and bike retailing; and employee benefit services. It provides its services primarily under the Flight Centre brand, as well as other travel brands, such as Student Flights, Travel Associates, Liberty Travel, Infinity Holidays, GOGO Vacations, FCm Travel Solutions, Corporate Traveller, Stage and Screen, and cievents. The company was formerly known as Flight Centre Limited and changed its name to Flight Centre Travel Group Limited in November 2013. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in South Brisbane, Australia.