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Is Spirit Airlines (SAVE) Stock Outpacing Its Transportation Peers This Year?

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For those looking to find strong Transportation stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Is Spirit Airlines (SAVE - Free Report) one of those stocks right now? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Transportation sector should help us answer this question.

Spirit Airlines is a member of the Transportation sector. This group includes 147 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #11. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. SAVE is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for SAVE's full-year earnings has moved 14.49% higher. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.

Our latest available data shows that SAVE has returned about 7.44% since the start of the calendar year. In comparison, Transportation companies have returned an average of -0.27%. This means that Spirit Airlines is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.

Looking more specifically, SAVE belongs to the Transportation - Airline industry, a group that includes 28 individual stocks and currently sits at #33 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has lost an average of 1.28% so far this year, meaning that SAVE is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.

SAVE will likely be looking to continue its solid performance, so investors interested in Transportation stocks should continue to pay close attention to the company.


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