AZUL vs TCOM vs UAL Stock Comparison

Azul, Trip.com and United Airlines Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AZUL Azul Sa
$4.05 -37.5% 1M
Market cap
$2.95B
P/E
142.7x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Airlines Industrials
1 win
TCOM Trip.com Group Ltd
$39.91 +1.2% 1M -45.2% 1Y
Market cap
$25.97B
P/E
7.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.45B
Div. yield
–
Travel Services Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Trip.com leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Trip.com 5, United Airlines Holdings 4, Azul 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAZULTCOMUALLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.95B $25.97B $33.60B UAL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 142.7x 7.6x 9.4x TCOM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.4x 11.0x 14.3x AZUL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +18.1% +12.3% TCOM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 36.1% 5.5% TCOM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.3% 8.9% UAL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.5x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — -45.2% +1.4% UAL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +6.6%/yr +17.1%/yr UAL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 560.8% 36.3% 48.1% TCOM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 81/100 48/100 TCOM

Percentile Scorecard

AZULTCOMUAL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAZULTCOMUAL
Valuation 18 #112 of 136 82 #6 of 29 74 #36 of 136
Growth – 80 #6 of 26 50 #62 of 122
Profitability – 68 #9 of 26 49 #60 of 116
Financial Health 1 #143 of 144 93 #3 of 31 21 #114 of 144
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall – 81 48
  • AZUL ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • TCOM ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • UAL ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAZULTCOMUALSPY
1 month -37.5%+1.2%-11.7% -0.8%
3 months -52.1%-10.9%-16.5% +3.5%
6 months +3.8%-25.0%+9.6% +7.0%
Year to date —-44.5%-10.0% +12.2%
1 year —-45.2%+1.4% +13.0%
3 years —+13.0%+197.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+4.2%+43.8% +23.1%
5 years —+37.9%+119.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+6.6%+17.1% +11.0%
10 years —-14.5%+86.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year —-1.6%+6.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAZULTCOMUALSPY
Volatility, 1Y 560.8%36.3%48.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 725.2%43.1%44.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.880.592.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —-1.250.03 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.2%-51.9%-49.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -99.2%-49.5%-26.0% -1.8%
52-week high $495.00$78.96$136.11 $779.14
52-week low $3.90$37.96$85.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAZULTCOMUAL
P/E now vs peer median 142.7xmedian 16.1x 7.7xmedian 18.8x 9.1xmedian 16.1x
P/S now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 1.0x 2.7xmedian 1.5x 0.5xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 8.7x —median 15.2x 5.6xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -47.8xmedian 11.5x —median 16.1x 29.3xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.2x 1.1xmedian 2.5x 1.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.81 0.15median 0.38 1.11median 0.81

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAZULTCOMUAL
Revenue – $9.45B $65.55B
Gross profit – $7.55B –
Operating income – $1.50B $4.92B
Net income – $3.42B $3.58B
Free cash flow – – $1.12B
R&D – $2.30B –
EPS (diluted) – $4.88 $10.93
Cash & equivalents $181.08M $8.26B $6.65B
Total debt $4.21B $18.23B $26.40B
Shares (diluted) 17.41B 698.38M 327.40M
Enterprise value $2.05B -$19.06B -$24.09B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMUAL
P/E 142.7x 7.7x 9.1x
P/FCF -47.8x – 29.3x
P/Operating cash flow – – 4.0x
P/S 3.2x 2.7x 0.5x
P/B – 1.1x 1.8x
P/Tangible book – 1.2x 2.2x
EV/EBITDA – – 5.6x
EV/EBIT – 12.0x 9.0x
EV/Revenue – 1.9x 0.7x
EV/FCF – – 39.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 5.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.15 1.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMUAL
Revenue growth (1Y) – 18.1% 12.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 27.2% 7.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 16.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 40.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -28.2% 1.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 42.4% 2.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 34.1% 8.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 54.9% 7.7%
EPS growth (1Y) – 33.2% 8.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 51.8% 8.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – -12.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -3.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – -69.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -5.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMUAL
Gross margin – 80.0% –
EBITDA margin – – 12.2%
Operating margin – 15.9% 7.5%
Pretax margin – 45.7% 6.9%
Net margin – 36.1% 5.5%
FCF margin – – 1.7%
Operating cash flow margin – – 12.4%
Return on equity – 14.3% 20.8%
Return on assets – 8.9% 4.2%
Return on invested capital – 5.3% 8.9%
Return on capital employed – 6.1% 8.5%
Asset turnover – 0.2x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMUAL
Debt / assets 97.6% 10.2% 31.0%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.5x
Debt / FCF – – 23.7x
Liabilities / assets 165.7% 38.0% 79.1%
Equity / assets – 62.0% 20.9%
Interest coverage – 19.8x 3.6x
Current ratio 0.2x 1.3x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.1x 1.0x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.9x 0.6x
Altman Z-score – – 1.37

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMUAL
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 0.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAZULTCOMUAL
Forward P/E 8.4xFY2026 11.0xFY2026 14.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.48FY2026 $3.64FY2026 $7.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -44.2%FY2026 -33.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +187.5% +17.0% +75.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.51BFY2026 $9.46BFY2026 $66.54BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.3%FY2026 +6.0%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.8% +20.9% +13.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAZULTCOMUAL
Held by institutions 2.9% 23.0% 89.6%
Institutions holding 42 319 1,066
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.2% +2.4%
Institutions buying 42 152 568
Institutions selling 0 119 341
Buyers to sellers – 1.28 1.67

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AZULTCOMUAL
AZUL 1.00 0.01 -0.02
TCOM 0.01 1.00 0.15
UAL -0.02 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AZUL, TCOM and UAL?

United Airlines Holdings (UAL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Azul (AZUL) $2.95B, Trip.com (TCOM) $25.97B, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) $33.60B.

Which stock is cheaper, AZUL, TCOM and UAL?

Trip.com (TCOM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Azul (AZUL) 142.7x, Trip.com (TCOM) 7.6x, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) 9.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Azul (AZUL) is cheapest (Azul (AZUL) 8.4x, Trip.com (TCOM) 11.0x, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) 14.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Trip.com (TCOM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Trip.com (TCOM) +18.1%, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) +12.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trip.com (TCOM) has the highest net margin (Trip.com (TCOM) 36.1%, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) 5.5%). On return on invested capital, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) leads (Trip.com (TCOM) 5.3%, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) 8.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year United Airlines Holdings (UAL) returned the most: Trip.com (TCOM) -45.2%, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) +1.4%. Over five years, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) compounded fastest (Trip.com (TCOM) +6.6%/yr, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) +17.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Trip.com (TCOM) has been the steadiest (Azul (AZUL) 560.8%, Trip.com (TCOM) 36.3%, United Airlines Holdings (UAL) 48.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AZUL, TCOM and UAL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Trip.com (TCOM) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.