flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX) versus Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE) Critical Survey

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

Risk and Volatility

Blade Air Mobility has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, flyExclusive has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Blade Air Mobility and flyExclusive, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blade Air Mobility	0	0	3	0	3.00
flyExclusive	0	1	0	0	2.00

Blade Air Mobility presently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 150.74%. flyExclusive has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.38%. Given Blade Air Mobility’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Blade Air Mobility is more favorable than flyExclusive.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Blade Air Mobility and flyExclusive’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blade Air Mobility	$225.18 million	1.14	-$56.08 million	($0.76)	-4.46
flyExclusive	$331.00 million	0.14	$3.67 million	N/A	N/A

flyExclusive has higher revenue and earnings than Blade Air Mobility.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blade Air Mobility	-24.90%	-13.71%	-11.23%
flyExclusive	N/A	-6.50%	0.74%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.4% of Blade Air Mobility shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of flyExclusive shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of Blade Air Mobility shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of flyExclusive 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.

About Blade Air Mobility

Blade Air Mobility, Inc. provides air transportation alternatives to the congested ground routes in the United States. It provides its services through charter and by-the-seat flights using helicopters, jets, turboprops, and amphibious seaplanes. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About flyExclusive

flyExclusive, Inc. owns and operates private jets in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Europe. The company also offers jet charter services; ownership and leaseback programs for aircraft buyers; and aircraft maintenance, repair, interior, and paint services. In addition, it provides jet cards, and interiors and exterior refurbishment services. The company is headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina. flyExclusive, Inc. is a subsidiary of LGM Enterprises, LLC.