Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SKYW scored 68.4, PBI scored 62.7 — SKYW leads.
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SKYW
SkyWest, Inc.
Airlines · Quality-Growth
68.4
$96.52 · $3.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.7
SKYW leads
PBI
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Integrated Freight & Logistics · Quality-Growth
62.7
$16.80 · $2.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestSKYW9.6x
Fastest growthSKYW+9.1%
Highest qualityPBI82 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueSKYW-69%
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)
SKYW
stronger →← stronger
PBI
71
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
82
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
39
91
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
77
SKYW is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SKYW
PBI
$909mC+
FCF
$415mC
+9.1%B
Rev
-5.3%D
0.86C+
D/E
Negative equity
9.6xA
P/E
13.8xA-
1.66C+
PEG
0.63A-
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
SKYW
PBI
69% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
31% below
~-20%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
+187%
1-yr DCF upside
+62%
+224%
5-yr DCF upside
+45%
+284%
10-yr DCF upside
+26%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
SKYW
Why this score
Buying back stock
Cyclical growth
PBI
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
The companies
SKYWSkyWest, Inc.
Airlines · $96.52 · beta 1.48
Why now
Airlines · market cap $3.7b. 18% off the 52-week high of $117.72. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $125.33 (implying +30% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Beta 1.48 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Integrated Freight & Logistics · market cap $2.3b. 12% off the 52-week high of $19.07. Revenue -5% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. PEG 0.63 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $19.56 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($120m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Revenue contracting -5% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Beta 1.65 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where SKYW and PBI diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.7 points in favor of SKYW. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueSKYW 90.9 · PBI 77.2SKYW +13.7
QualitySKYW 70.5 · PBI 82.1PBI +11.6
GrowthSKYW 50.0 · PBI 38.8SKYW +11.2
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 SKYW or PBI the better stock?
SKYW scores higher: SKYW 68.4, PBI 62.7 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 SKYW and PBI differ most?
The widest gap is value, where SKYW leads by 14 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are SKYW and PBI 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.