Reviewing AerSale (NASDAQ:ASLE) & Aena S.M.E. (OTC:ANYYY)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for AerSale and Aena S.M.E., as provided by MarketBeat.

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

AerSale currently has a consensus target price of $9.67, indicating a potential upside of 93.33%. Given AerSale’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AerSale is more favorable than Aena S.M.E..

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AerSale	$354.55 million	0.75	-$5.56 million	($0.01)	-500.00
Aena S.M.E.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Profitability

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

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

Institutional & 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

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.

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.