ALGT vs. CPA, SKYW, JBLU, DAL, UAL, LUV, ALK, ULCC, SNCY, and VLRS
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), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), and Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Allegiant Travel vs.
Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) and Copa (NYSE:CPA) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Allegiant Travel had 8 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Allegiant Travel and 5 mentions for Copa. Copa's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Allegiant Travel's score of 0.84 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Copa shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Allegiant Travel presently has a consensus price target of $63.70, suggesting a potential upside of 14.96%. Copa has a consensus price target of $150.83, suggesting a potential upside of 45.27%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Copa is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.
Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copa has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
Allegiant Travel pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Copa pays an annual dividend of $6.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Allegiant Travel pays out -20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Copa pays out 44.0% 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. Copa has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Copa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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 56.69% of users gave Allegiant Travel an outperform vote.
Summary
Copa beats Allegiant Travel on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALGT) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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