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CPA vs. AAL, ALGT, SKYW, UAL, ALK, DAL, GATX, WAB, LUV, and JBLU

Should you be buying Copa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copa include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Delta Air Lines (DAL), GATX (GATX), Wabtec (WAB), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and JetBlue Airways (JBLU). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Copa vs. Its Competitors

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and Copa (NYSE:CPA) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Copa shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 1 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for American Airlines Group and 19 mentions for Copa. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Copa's score of 0.67 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Copa
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.16$846M$0.8016.42
Copa$3.44B1.39$608.11M$15.387.59

American Airlines Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.76, suggesting a potential upside of 27.63%. Copa has a consensus target price of $159.40, suggesting a potential upside of 36.60%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Copa is more favorable than American Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Copa
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

Copa has a net margin of 18.36% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. Copa's return on equity of 26.22% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Airlines Group1.05% -24.55% 1.68%
Copa 18.36%26.22%11.09%

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copa has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Airlines Group beats Copa on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CPA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CPA vs. The Competition

MetricCopaTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.80B$8.21B$7.38B$20.94B
Dividend Yield5.40%6,150.55%706.04%3.57%
P/E Ratio7.5910.3814.0128.09
Price / Sales1.392,795.52516.0655.36
Price / Cash5.235.318.0323.95
Price / Book1.882.782.145.24
Net Income$608.11M$587.12M$574.24M$994.11M
7 Day Performance-1.00%8.33%2.60%1.99%
1 Month Performance6.85%11.01%1.55%2.25%
1 Year Performance28.97%66.85%5.19%13.00%

Copa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPA
Copa
4.7349 of 5 stars
$116.72
+0.2%
$159.40
+36.6%
+31.4%$4.81B$3.44B7.597,909News Coverage
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.3145 of 5 stars
$11.58
-0.4%
$16.76
+44.8%
+31.6%$7.67B$54.21B14.47133,300Options Volume
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
3.4503 of 5 stars
$49.04
+0.2%
$64.33
+31.2%
+64.7%$898.06M$2.51B-3.085,991
SKYW
SkyWest
3.4816 of 5 stars
$109.60
-1.1%
$126.75
+15.6%
+61.7%$4.47B$3.53B11.1514,610Insider Trade
UAL
United Airlines
4.5352 of 5 stars
$89.33
+0.0%
$111.43
+24.7%
+146.4%$28.91B$57.06B8.95107,300Positive News
Insider Trade
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.2373 of 5 stars
$51.18
-2.1%
$67.83
+32.5%
+63.4%$6.03B$11.74B20.8133,941Positive News
Insider Trade
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.8446 of 5 stars
$53.54
-0.2%
$66.21
+23.7%
+52.6%$35.02B$61.64B7.76100,000Positive News
Options Volume
GATX
GATX
2.4887 of 5 stars
$152.87
+1.1%
$167.67
+9.7%
+14.8%$5.38B$1.59B17.492,150
WAB
Wabtec
4.6596 of 5 stars
$191.93
+0.3%
$221.71
+15.5%
+22.6%$32.72B$10.39B28.6529,500Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.1088 of 5 stars
$29.07
-1.9%
$33.06
+13.7%
+21.3%$15.56B$27.48B44.0572,450
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
1.9342 of 5 stars
$4.27
-1.4%
$5.16
+20.8%
+10.2%$1.57B$9.28B-3.8822,793News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:CPA) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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