While Ryanair's liquidity is sufficient to cover costs for another 99 weeks, Lufthansa is facing insolvency in 10 weeks without state subsidies.
In March this year, Ryanair reduced its flight schedule by 97%. The Lufthansa Group in turn cut 94% of its flights. Despite similar conditions in dealing with the corona crisis, there remains a huge gap between the two largest European airlines, as can be seen in the infographics.
In terms of market capitalization, Ryanair's market value of 12.1 billion euros exceeds that of Lufthansa by 194%. The German airline's shareholders have recently been left hanging. In review, the price of Lufthansa shares fell by 50.4% this year, while Ryanair's market capitalisation climbed by 12.1% over the same period.
Nevertheless, shares in the Lufthansa Group are enjoying greater popularity these days. This is illustrated in the analysis of Google search queries. The Google trend score in the last week of May was 74, while the score for Ryanair shares wallowed at 37. A value of 100 stands for the largest possible relative search volume. This is shown in a new infographic from Kryptoszene.de.
"The evidence seems to suggest that Ryanair is far more likely to survive the corona crisis relatively unscathed," according to cryptoscene analyst Raphael Lulay. "The fact that Lufthansa investments are more attractive to the majority of German investors may seem surprising in light of this. However, it may also be that political tailwind is giving shareholders, and thus also the crane, a boost".
