Ryanair Holdings plc vs Smith & Nephew plc — how do they compare? Ryanair Holdings plc trades at $58.99 (market cap $29.31B), while Smith & Nephew plc trades at $30.45 (market cap $12.64B). The key difference: Ryanair Holdings plc is far larger — about 2.3× Smith & Nephew plc's market cap, and Smith & Nephew plc pays the higher dividend (2.57%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| RYAAY | SNN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $29.31B | $12.64B |
Sector | Industrials | Health |
52-Week High | $73.82 | $38.70 |
52-Week Low | $53.24 | $28.73 |
Enterprise Value | $26.33B | $15.41B |
Dividend Yield | 1.68% | 2.57% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Ryanair is the leading airline group by passenger numbers in Europe. The company employs a low-cost no-frills model to offer low fares to leisure customers on short-haul intra-European routes. In 2020, the most recent pre-pandemic fiscal year, the company carried 149 million passengers, utilizing a fleet of 467 Boeing 737 aircraft across its 1,800 routes. To keep costs low the company serves predominantly lower-cost secondary airports. The company generated sales of EUR 8.5 billion in fiscal 2020.
Read more on RYAAY →Smith & Nephew designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and arthroscopic technologies, and wound-care solutions. Roughly 42% of the U.K.-based firm's revenue comes from orthopedic products, and another 30% is sports medicine and ENT. The remaining 28% of revenue is from the advanced wound therapy segment. Roughly half of Smith & Nephew's total revenue comes from the United States, just over 30% is from other developed markets, and emerging markets account for the remainder.
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