Head to Head Survey: flyExclusive (NYSE:FLYX) & Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Blade Air Mobility and flyExclusive, as provided 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 currently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 134.16%. flyExclusive has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 91.49%. Given Blade Air Mobility’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blade Air Mobility is more favorable than flyExclusive.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blade Air Mobility	$225.18 million	1.22	-$56.08 million	($0.76)	-4.78
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%

Risk & Volatility

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.4% of Blade Air Mobility shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of flyExclusive shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Blade Air Mobility shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of flyExclusive shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.