Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) versus flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX) Head-To-Head Survey

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) and flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Joby Aviation and flyExclusive, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Joby Aviation	3	5	2	0	1.90
flyExclusive	0	0	1	1	3.50

Joby Aviation currently has a consensus target price of $13.81, suggesting a potential upside of 119.39%. flyExclusive has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 464.52%. Given flyExclusive’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe flyExclusive is more favorable than Joby Aviation.

Risk & Volatility

Joby Aviation has a beta of 2.68, meaning that its stock price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, flyExclusive has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Joby Aviation and flyExclusive”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Joby Aviation	$53.42 million	116.58	-$929.84 million	($0.99)	-6.36
flyExclusive	$403.89 million	0.31	-$46.83 million	($0.79)	-1.57

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

Profitability

This table compares Joby Aviation and flyExclusive’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Joby Aviation	-755.11%	-55.29%	-37.72%
flyExclusive	-20.19%	N/A	-13.69%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.8% of Joby Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of flyExclusive shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Joby Aviation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of flyExclusive shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

flyExclusive beats Joby Aviation on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation, Inc., a vertically integrated air mobility company, engages in building an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft optimized to deliver air transportation as a service. The company intends to build an aerial ridesharing service, as well as developing an application-based platform that will enable consumers to book rides. Joby Aviation, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

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.