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Copa (CPA) Competitors

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$88.87 +0.27 (+0.30%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

CPA vs. ALK, SKYW, JBLU, ALGT, DAL, UAL, LUV, AAL, ULCC, and VLRS

Should you be buying Copa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copa include Alaska Air Group (ALK), SkyWest (SKYW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), American Airlines Group (AAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), and Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.

Copa vs.

Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and Copa (NYSE:CPA) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 20 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 7 mentions for Copa. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Copa's score of 0.34 indicating that Alaska Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alaska Air Group
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Copa
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Copa shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alaska Air Group pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Copa pays an annual dividend of $6.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Alaska Air Group pays out 60.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Copa pays out 42.6% 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. Copa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copa has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Copa has a net margin of 18.20% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 2.99%. Copa's return on equity of 28.46% beat Alaska Air Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alaska Air Group2.99% 12.81% 3.35%
Copa 18.20%28.46%11.85%

Alaska Air Group received 188 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.95% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave Copa an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alaska Air GroupOutperform Votes
838
69.95%
Underperform Votes
360
30.05%
CopaOutperform Votes
650
65.07%
Underperform Votes
349
34.93%

Alaska Air Group currently has a consensus target price of $65.86, suggesting a potential downside of 0.25%. Copa has a consensus target price of $148.83, suggesting a potential upside of 67.47%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Copa is more favorable than Alaska Air Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alaska Air Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Copa
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

Copa has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alaska Air Group. Copa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Air Group$10.75B0.78$235M$2.4826.62
Copa$3.48B1.01$514.10M$15.125.88

Summary

Copa beats Alaska Air Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CPA vs. The Competition

MetricCopaAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.49B$2.18T$303.23B$19.18B
Dividend Yield7.44%2.62%4.43%3.58%
P/E Ratio5.889.6517.8441.22
Price / Sales1.01194.4555.7717.58
Price / Cash3.677.9113.0321.28
Price / Book1.652.292.115.32
Net Income$514.10M$847.07M$577.06M$989.67M
7 Day Performance1.50%-1.52%-2.48%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-4.49%5.16%-3.29%-3.73%
1 Year Performance-16.07%5.32%-0.72%12.06%

Copa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPA
Copa
4.7737 of 5 stars
$88.87
+0.3%
$148.83
+67.5%
-13.6%$3.49B$3.48B5.887,625Analyst Revision
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.0085 of 5 stars
$63.10
+0.8%
$65.86
+4.4%
+64.7%$8.01B$10.75B25.4326,043Insider Trade
SKYW
SkyWest
3.5816 of 5 stars
$104.87
-1.6%
$105.75
+0.8%
+102.2%$4.23B$2.94B18.2213,121
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.3609 of 5 stars
$7.11
+1.0%
$6.57
-7.6%
+32.4%$2.47B$9.33B-2.7923,388Analyst Forecast
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
3.9273 of 5 stars
$84.41
-0.6%
$65.78
-22.1%
+3.9%$1.55B$2.50B-56.605,643Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7755 of 5 stars
$61.43
-0.1%
$75.83
+23.4%
+51.0%$39.64B$60.31B8.54100,000
UAL
United Airlines
3.6654 of 5 stars
$96.98
+2.0%
$98.95
+2.0%
+136.5%$31.89B$53.72B11.4710,300
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.3721 of 5 stars
$32.93
-0.3%
$31.37
-4.7%
+14.5%$19.75B$26.09B-471.7174,806Analyst Revision
AAL
American Airlines Group
3.3829 of 5 stars
$16.82
-0.6%
$15.99
-4.9%
+20.7%$11.05B$53.61B51.27132,100
ULCC
Frontier Group
1.5984 of 5 stars
$6.42
+1.7%
$6.46
+0.6%
+31.8%$1.45B$3.59B-157.717,235
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación
3.2073 of 5 stars
$8.40
+0.1%
$12.85
+53.0%
-11.6%$979.44M$3.26B5.057,198

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This page (NYSE:CPA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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