Critical Contrast: Global Business Travel Group (GBTG) and Its Peers

Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG – Get Rating) is one of 35 publicly-traded companies in the “Transportation services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Global Business Travel Group to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Global Business Travel Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Business Travel Group	N/A	-3.37%	-0.94%
Global Business Travel Group Competitors	-3,275.87%	4.84%	-3.86%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

15.9% of Global Business Travel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of shares of all “Transportation services” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Global Business Travel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Transportation services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Global Business Travel Group has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Business Travel Group’s peers have a beta of 2.12, meaning that their average stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Global Business Travel Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Business Travel Group	0	2	4	0	2.67
Global Business Travel Group Competitors	100	895	1771	31	2.62

Global Business Travel Group presently has a consensus price target of $8.68, indicating a potential upside of 50.23%. As a group, “Transportation services” companies have a potential upside of 14.78%. Given Global Business Travel Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Global Business Travel Group is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Global Business Travel Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Business Travel Group	$1.85 billion	-$25.00 million	-9.48
Global Business Travel Group Competitors	$4.04 billion	$251.41 million	3.31

Global Business Travel Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Global Business Travel Group. Global Business Travel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Global Business Travel Group peers beat Global Business Travel Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Global Business Travel Group Company Profile

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Global Business Travel Group, Inc. provides business-to-business (B2B) travel platform in the United States of America and internationally. The company's platform offers a suite of technology-enabled solutions to business travelers and clients; travel content suppliers including airlines, hotels, ground transportation, and aggregators; and third-party travel agencies. It manages travel, expenses, and meetings and events for companies. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.