Wheels Up Experience (NYSE:UP – Get Free Report) and Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER – Get Free Report) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Volatility & Risk
Wheels Up Experience has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Wheels Up Experience and Bridger Aerospace Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Wheels Up Experience | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Bridger Aerospace Group | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Profitability
This table compares Wheels Up Experience and Bridger Aerospace Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Wheels Up Experience | -39.95% | N/A | -25.99% |
| Bridger Aerospace Group | 3.37% | -1.21% | 1.38% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
98.2% of Wheels Up Experience shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Wheels Up Experience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Wheels Up Experience and Bridger Aerospace Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Wheels Up Experience | $736.50 million | 0.32 | -$294.22 million | ($8.40) | -0.78 |
| Bridger Aerospace Group | $122.83 million | 0.89 | $4.14 million | ($0.56) | -3.50 |
Bridger Aerospace Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wheels Up Experience. Bridger Aerospace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheels Up Experience, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bridger Aerospace Group beats Wheels Up Experience on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Wheels Up Experience
Wheels Up Experience Inc. provides private aviation services in the United States and internationally. The company offers Wheels Up Membership program that consists of two primary membership categories, such as Individual membership for individual and business fliers; and UP for Business membership consists of small and medium enterprise, and custom enterprise solutions for business fliers that tend to spend at higher levels. Its Wheels Up Charter provides charter flight services for passenger groups, sports teams, global corporate events, and tour operations, as well as global passenger, cargo, emergency, and government services. In addition, the company offers wholesale charter services; group charter and cargo flights; maintenance, repair, and operations services; fixed-base operator services; safety and security services; and government, defense, emergency, and medical transport missions. It serves individuals, small and medium enterprises, and corporate customers. As of December 31, 2024, the company operated a fleet of 154 owned and leased aircraft. Wheels Up Experience Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Chamblee, Georgia.
About Bridger Aerospace Group
Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. provides aerial wildfire management, relief and suppression, and firefighting services to federal and state government agencies in the United States. It offers fire suppression services, such as direct fire suppression aerial firefighting support services for ground crew to drop large amounts of water quickly and directly on wildfires. The company also provides aerial surveillance services, including fire suppression aircraft over an incident and tactical coordination with the incident commander through its manned and unmanned aircraft. It operates an aircraft fleet of 18 planes. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Belgrade, Montana.
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