ALGT vs. CPA, SKYW, JBLU, DAL, UAL, LUV, ALK, ULCC, AZUL, and SNCY
Should you be buying Allegiant Travel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allegiant Travel include Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Frontier Group (ULCC), Azul (AZUL), and Sun Country Airlines (SNCY). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Allegiant Travel vs.
Copa (NYSE:CPA) and Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Copa has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Copa pays an annual dividend of $6.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Allegiant Travel pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Copa pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allegiant Travel pays out -18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Allegiant Travel had 18 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Allegiant Travel and 6 mentions for Copa. Copa's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Allegiant Travel's score of -0.08 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Copa received 113 more outperform votes than Allegiant Travel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave Copa an outperform vote while only 57.08% of users gave Allegiant Travel an outperform vote.
Copa has higher revenue and earnings than Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Copa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Copa presently has a consensus target price of $153.29, indicating a potential upside of 60.33%. Allegiant Travel has a consensus target price of $84.60, indicating a potential upside of 54.10%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Copa is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.
70.1% of Copa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Copa has a net margin of 17.67% compared to Allegiant Travel's net margin of -9.56%. Copa's return on equity of 26.70% beat Allegiant Travel's return on equity.
Summary
Copa beats Allegiant Travel on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALGT) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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