JBLU vs. CPA, SKYW, ALGT, DAL, UAL, LUV, ALK, ULCC, AZUL, and VLRS
Should you be buying JetBlue Airways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JetBlue Airways include Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Frontier Group (ULCC), Azul (AZUL), and Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
JetBlue Airways vs.
Copa (NYSE:CPA) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
JetBlue Airways received 74 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.04% of users gave Copa an outperform vote while only 60.18% of users gave JetBlue Airways an outperform vote.
Copa has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Airways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Copa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.1% of Copa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Copa has a net margin of 17.67% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -8.57%. Copa's return on equity of 26.70% beat JetBlue Airways' return on equity.
Copa has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Copa currently has a consensus price target of $153.29, indicating a potential upside of 66.91%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus price target of $5.09, indicating a potential upside of 16.76%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Copa is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.
In the previous week, JetBlue Airways had 23 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for JetBlue Airways and 9 mentions for Copa. Copa's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.26 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Copa beats JetBlue Airways on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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