Copa (CPA) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ALK or CPA?

Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copa has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ALK or CPA?

Alaska Air Group currently has a consensus price target of $57.31, indicating a potential upside of 7.88%. Copa has a consensus price target of $148.83, indicating a potential upside of 40.63%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Copa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Is ALK or CPA more profitable?

Copa has a net margin of 19.31% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 2.99%. Copa's return on equity of 30.81% beat Alaska Air Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alaska Air Group	2.99%	12.81%	3.35%
Copa	19.31%	30.81%	12.68%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ALK or CPA?

81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Copa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALK or CPA?

Alaska Air Group received 182 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave Copa an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alaska Air Group	Outperform Votes 832 69.80%	Underperform Votes 360 30.20%
Copa	Outperform Votes 650 65.13%	Underperform Votes 348 34.87%

Does the media prefer ALK or CPA?

In the previous week, Copa had 2 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Copa and 9 mentions for Alaska Air Group. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Copa's score of 0.62 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Copa	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, ALK or CPA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Air Group	$10.43B	0.65	$235M	$2.48	21.42
Copa	$3.46B	1.21	$514.10M	$16.34	6.48

Summary

Copa beats Alaska Air Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.