Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ALGT scored 32.1, UAL scored 60.9 — UAL leads.
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ALGT
Allegiant Travel Company
Airlines · Quality-Growth
32.1
$76.43 · $2.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
28.8
UAL leads
UAL
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Airlines · Quality-Growth
60.9
$107.45 · $34.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestUAL10.1x
Fastest growthUAL+8.5%
Strongest balance sheetALGT1.60
Highest qualityUAL59 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ALGT
stronger →← stronger
UAL
32
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
59
44
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
24
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
77
UAL is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ALGT
UAL
$117mC
FCF
$2.5bB
+3.7%C+
Rev
+8.5%B
1.60C
D/E
2.02C
65.3xC
P/E
10.1xA
0.85B+
PEG
6.50D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ALGT
UAL
19% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
0% above
~18%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~7%/yr
-32%
1-yr DCF upside
-8%
-16%
5-yr DCF upside
0%
+13%
10-yr DCF upside
+11%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
ALGT
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
UAL
Why this score
Cyclical growth
The companies
ALGTAllegiant Travel Company
Airlines · $76.43 · beta 1.54
Why now
Airlines · market cap $2.1b. Down 38% from 52-week high of $123.63 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.85 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $117.43 (implying +54% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Trailing P/E 65.3x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 38% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.54 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
UALUnited Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Airlines · $107.45 · beta 1.30
Why now
Airlines · market cap $34.9b. Down 23% from 52-week high of $138.77 — deep drawdown territory. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $152.78 (implying +42% upside).
Moat
ROE 21% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
D/E 2.02 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where ALGT and UAL diverge
On the headline score the gap is 28.8 points in favor of UAL. The widest single difference is Value, where UAL leads by 53.2 points.
ValueALGT 23.5 · UAL 76.7UAL +53.2
QualityALGT 32.0 · UAL 59.0UAL +27.0
GrowthALGT 43.7 · UAL 50.0UAL +6.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is UAL or ALGT the better stock?
UAL scores higher: UAL 60.9, ALGT 32.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do UAL and ALGT differ most?
The widest gap is value, where UAL leads by 53 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. UAL leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are UAL and ALGT scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.