AerSale (NASDAQ:ASLE) & Aena S.M.E. (OTC:ANYYY) Head to Head Analysis

Aena S.M.E. (OTC:ANYYY) and AerSale (NASDAQ:ASLE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Aena S.M.E. and AerSale, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aena S.M.E.	0	0	0	0	N/A
AerSale	0	1	2	0	2.67

AerSale has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.86%. Given AerSale’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AerSale is more favorable than Aena S.M.E..

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aena S.M.E. and AerSale”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aena S.M.E.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AerSale	$354.55 million	0.80	-$5.56 million	($0.01)	-533.00

Aena S.M.E. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AerSale.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

69.5% of AerSale shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of AerSale shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Aena S.M.E. and AerSale’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aena S.M.E.	N/A	N/A	N/A
AerSale	-0.07%	-0.95%	-0.75%

Summary

AerSale beats Aena S.M.E. on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aena S.M.E.

Aena S.M.E., S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation, maintenance, management, and administration of airport infrastructures and heliports in Spain, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Colombia. The company operates through Airports, Real Estate Services, International, and SCAIRM segments. It also manages commercial spaces in airport terminals and a network of parking lots; and leases areas in airport terminals for duty-free shops, specialty shops, food and beverage establishments, commercial operations, and advertising, as well as financial services, luggage wrapping machines, other vending machines, and regulated services. In addition, the company leases office buildings, warehouses, hangars, and cargo storage facilities to airlines, air cargo operators, handling agents, and other airport service providers. The company was formerly known as Aena, S.A. and changed its name to Aena S.M.E., S.A. in April 2017. Aena S.M.E., S.A. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. The company operates as a subsidiary of Entidad Pública Empresarial ENAIRE.

About AerSale

AerSale Corporation provides aftermarket commercial aircraft, engines, and its parts to passenger and cargo airlines, leasing companies, original equipment manufacturers, and government and defense contractors, as well as maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) service providers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset Management Solutions and Technical Operations (TechOps). The Asset Management Solutions segment engages in the sale and lease of aircraft, engines, and airframes, as well as disassembly of these assets for component parts. The TechOps segment provides internal and third-party aviation services, including internally developed engineered solutions, heavy aircraft maintenance and modification, and component MRO, as well as end-of-life disassembly services. This segment provides aircraft modifications, cargo and tanker conversions of aircraft, and aircraft storage; and MRO services for landing gear, thrust reversers, hydraulic systems, and other aircraft components. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.