Ryanair Holdings Plc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Ryanair Holdings Plc (RYAAY) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Ryanair Holdings Plc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 15,622M vs -M combined for tracked competitors (100.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+300.0% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Scale: Ryanair Holdings Plc ranks #5 of 17 companies by market capitalization in the Airline industry, holding 6.8% of industry market cap.
- Peer revenue share: Ryanair Holdings Plc accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
RYAAY Sales vs. its Competitors, Q4 2025
Ryanair Holdings Plc generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Airline industry grew revenue 10.3% year over year, combined, vs 3.8% for Ryanair Holdings Plc. Ryanair Holdings Plc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 12.25% to 11.53%, a loss of 0.72 percentage points.
Ryanair Holdings Plc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryanair Holdings Plc | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Similar-Size Competitors (9) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 87.50 % (7 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 50.00 % (4 of 8) | 0.00 % (0 of 7) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.