Copa (CPA) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	$11.74B	0.56	$395M	$3.05	17.67
Copa	$3.44B	1.18	$608.53M	$14.56	6.62

Is ALK or CPA a better dividend stock?

Alaska Air Group pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Copa pays an annual dividend of $6.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Alaska Air Group pays out 49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Copa pays out 44.2% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ALK or CPA?

Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copa has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ALK or CPA?

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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ALK or CPA?

In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 11 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 8 mentions for Copa. Copa's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Alaska Air Group's score of 0.74 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alaska Air Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Copa	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ALK or CPA more profitable?

Copa has a net margin of 17.67% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 3.37%. Copa's return on equity of 26.70% beat Alaska Air Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alaska Air Group	3.37%	14.66%	3.60%
Copa	17.67%	26.70%	11.15%

Do analysts recommend ALK or CPA?

Alaska Air Group presently has a consensus target price of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.88%. Copa has a consensus target price of $153.29, indicating a potential upside of 59.01%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Copa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALK or CPA?

Alaska Air Group received 193 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.15% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 65.04% of users gave Copa an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alaska Air Group	Outperform Votes 846 70.15%	Underperform Votes 360 29.85%
Copa	Outperform Votes 653 65.04%	Underperform Votes 351 34.96%

Summary

Copa beats Alaska Air Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.