Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM – Get Free Report) and Corporacion America Airports (NYSE:CAAP – Get Free Report) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Surf Air Mobility and Corporacion America Airports, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Surf Air Mobility | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Corporacion America Airports | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.67 |
Surf Air Mobility currently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 164.01%. Corporacion America Airports has a consensus target price of $24.40, suggesting a potential downside of 6.14%. Given Surf Air Mobility’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Surf Air Mobility is more favorable than Corporacion America Airports.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Surf Air Mobility | -66.95% | N/A | -58.16% |
| Corporacion America Airports | 9.39% | 11.64% | 4.20% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
17.7% of Surf Air Mobility shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Corporacion America Airports shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Surf Air Mobility shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Surf Air Mobility and Corporacion America Airports”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Surf Air Mobility | $119.43 million | 1.29 | -$74.91 million | ($2.48) | -0.99 |
| Corporacion America Airports | $1.84 billion | 2.30 | $282.67 million | $1.10 | 23.63 |
Corporacion America Airports has higher revenue and earnings than Surf Air Mobility. Surf Air Mobility is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corporacion America Airports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Surf Air Mobility has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its stock price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corporacion America Airports has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Corporacion America Airports beats Surf Air Mobility on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Surf Air Mobility
Surf Air Mobility Inc. operates as an electric aviation and air travel company in the United States. The company offers an air mobility platform with scheduled routes and on demand charter flights operated by third parties. Surf Air Mobility Inc. is headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
About Corporacion America Airports
Corporación América Airports S.A., through its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, and operates airport concessions. It operates 52 airports in Latin America, Europe, and Eurasia. The company was formerly known as A.C.I. Airports International S.à r.l. and changed its name to Corporación América Airports S.A. in September 2017. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Corporación América Airports S.A. is a subsidiary of A.C.I. Airports S.à r.l.
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