Head to Head Comparison: flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX) & Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:RJET)

flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX) and Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:RJET) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for flyExclusive and Mesa Air Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
flyExclusive	0	0	0	1	4.00
Mesa Air Group	0	1	0	0	2.00

flyExclusive currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 451.18%. Given flyExclusive’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe flyExclusive is more favorable than Mesa Air Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares flyExclusive and Mesa Air Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
flyExclusive	$384.10 million	0.32	-$46.83 million	($0.89)	-1.43
Mesa Air Group	$1.68 billion	0.61	$76.20 million	$0.87	25.29

Mesa Air Group has higher revenue and earnings than flyExclusive. flyExclusive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mesa Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.0% of flyExclusive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Mesa Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 90.1% of flyExclusive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Mesa Air Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares flyExclusive and Mesa Air Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
flyExclusive	-20.19%	N/A	-13.69%
Mesa Air Group	2.96%	7.07%	2.93%

Volatility & Risk

flyExclusive has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesa Air Group has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mesa Air Group beats flyExclusive on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About flyExclusive

flyExclusive, Inc., through its subsidiary, LGM Enterprises, LLC., owns and operates private jets in North America. It also offers jet charter services; and aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) operations, and interior and exterior refurbishment services, as well as wholesale and retail ad hoc flights, a jet club program, partnership program, fractional program, and other services. The company is headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina.

About Mesa Air Group

Mesa Air Group, Inc. operates as the holding company for Mesa Airlines, Inc. that provides regional air carrier scheduled passenger services. The company offers scheduled flight and cargo services. As of September 30, 2023, it operated a fleet of 80 aircraft with approximately 296 daily departures to 86 cities in the United States and Mexico. Mesa Air Group, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.