AZUL vs TCOM vs VLRS Stock Comparison

Azul, Trip.com and Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AZUL Azul Sa
$4.05 -37.5% 1M
Market cap
$3.14B
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
$25.94B
P/E
7.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.45B
Div. yield
–
Travel Services Consumer Discretionary
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Trip.com leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Trip.com 7, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 2, Azul 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAZULTCOMVLRSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.14B $25.94B $706.19M TCOM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 142.7x 7.6x -3.8x TCOM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.4x 11.0x — AZUL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +18.1% +5.7% TCOM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 36.1% -13.0% TCOM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.3% 12.5% VLRS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -2.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — -45.2% -18.5% VLRS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +6.6%/yr -21.0%/yr TCOM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 560.8% 36.3% 51.2% TCOM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 81/100 30/100 TCOM

Percentile Scorecard

AZULTCOMVLRS

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

AxisAZULTCOMVLRS
Valuation 18 #112 of 136 82 #6 of 29 41 #81 of 136
Growth – 80 #6 of 26 19 #99 of 122
Profitability – 68 #9 of 26 30 #82 of 116
Financial Health 1 #143 of 144 93 #3 of 31 31 #100 of 144
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall – 81 30
  • AZUL ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • TCOM ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • VLRS ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAZULTCOMVLRSSPY
1 month -37.5%+1.2%-19.0% -0.8%
3 months -52.1%-10.9%-28.5% +3.5%
6 months +3.8%-25.0%-23.8% +7.0%
Year to date —-44.5%-37.2% +12.2%
1 year —-45.2%-18.5% +13.0%
3 years —+13.0%-6.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+4.2%-2.3% +23.1%
5 years —+37.9%-69.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+6.6%-21.0% +11.0%
10 years —-14.5%-70.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year —-1.6%-11.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAZULTCOMVLRSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 560.8%36.3%51.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 725.2%43.1%48.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.880.591.97 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —-1.25-0.36 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.2%-51.9%-82.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -99.2%-49.5%-47.5% -1.8%
52-week high $495.00$78.96$10.63 $779.14
52-week low $3.90$37.96$5.58 $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.

MultipleAZULTCOMVLRS
P/E now vs peer median 142.7xmedian 16.1x 7.7xmedian 18.8x -3.4xmedian 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 0.8xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -47.8xmedian 11.5x —median 16.1x 0.8xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.2x 1.1xmedian 2.5x 11.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.81 0.15median 0.38 0.06median 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 monthsAZULTCOMVLRS
Revenue – $9.45B $1.44B
Gross profit – $7.55B –
Operating income – $1.50B $48.00M
Net income – $3.42B -$268.00M
Free cash flow – – $980.00M
R&D – $2.30B –
EPS (diluted) – $4.88 $-1.64
Cash & equivalents $181.08M $8.26B $803.00M
Total debt $4.21B $18.23B $1.28B
Shares (diluted) 17.41B 698.38M 114.92M
Enterprise value $2.24B -$19.10B -$2.45B

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
MetricAZULTCOMVLRS
P/E 142.7x 7.7x -3.4x
P/FCF -47.8x – 0.8x
P/Operating cash flow – – 0.8x
P/S 3.2x 2.7x 0.5x
P/B – 1.1x 11.6x
P/Tangible book – 1.2x 29.3x
EV/EBITDA – – 0.8x
EV/EBIT – 12.0x 4.1x
EV/Revenue – 1.9x 0.1x
EV/FCF – – 0.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 0.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.15 0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMVLRS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 18.1% 5.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 27.2% -5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 16.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 40.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -28.2% -77.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 42.4% -25.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 34.1% -405.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 54.9% -37.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 33.2% -515.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 51.8% -59.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 17.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 16.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 16.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMVLRS
Gross margin – 80.0% –
EBITDA margin – – 17.8%
Operating margin – 15.9% 3.3%
Pretax margin – 45.7% -15.8%
Net margin – 36.1% -13.0%
FCF margin – – 68.0%
Operating cash flow margin – – 68.0%
Return on equity – 14.3% -194.9%
Return on assets – 8.9% -4.7%
Return on invested capital – 5.3% 12.5%
Return on capital employed – 6.1% 1.4%
Asset turnover – 0.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – -3.7x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMVLRS
Debt / assets 97.6% 10.2% 3.9%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 3.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -2.3x
Debt / FCF – – 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 165.7% 38.0% 98.8%
Equity / assets – 62.0% 1.2%
Interest coverage – 19.8x 0.2x
Current ratio 0.2x 1.3x 0.6x
Quick ratio 0.1x 1.0x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.9x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – – 0.11

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAZULTCOMVLRS
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 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.

ConsensusAZULTCOMVLRS
Forward P/E 8.4xFY2026 11.0xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.48FY2026 $3.63FY2026 $-1.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -44.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +187.5% +17.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.51BFY2026 $9.45BFY2026 $3.49BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.3%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.8% +20.9% +6.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAZULTCOMVLRS
Held by institutions 2.9% 23.0% 28.4%
Institutions holding 42 319 75
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.2% -2.1%
Institutions buying 42 152 32
Institutions selling 0 119 24
Buyers to sellers – 1.28 1.33

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.

AZULTCOMVLRS
AZUL 1.00 0.01 0.05
TCOM 0.01 1.00 0.13
VLRS 0.05 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AZUL, TCOM and VLRS?

Trip.com (TCOM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Azul (AZUL) $3.14B, Trip.com (TCOM) $25.94B, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) $706.19M.

Which stock is cheaper, AZUL, TCOM and VLRS?

Trip.com (TCOM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Azul (AZUL) 142.7x, Trip.com (TCOM) 7.6x, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) -3.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Azul (AZUL) is cheapest (Azul (AZUL) 8.4x, Trip.com (TCOM) 11.0x). 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%, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) +5.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trip.com (TCOM) has the highest net margin (Trip.com (TCOM) 36.1%, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) -13.0%). On return on invested capital, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) leads (Trip.com (TCOM) 5.3%, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) 12.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) returned the most: Trip.com (TCOM) -45.2%, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) -18.5%. Over five years, Trip.com (TCOM) compounded fastest (Trip.com (TCOM) +6.6%/yr, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) -21.0%/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%, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V (VLRS) 51.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 7. 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.