JBLU vs. CPA, SKYW, ALGT, DAL, UAL, LUV, ALK, CAAP, VTOL, and ULCC
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), Corporacion America Airports (CAAP), Bristow Group (VTOL), and Frontier Group (ULCC). These companies are all part of the "trans - airline" industry.
JetBlue Airways vs. Its Competitors
Copa (NYSE:CPA) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Copa currently has a consensus target price of $153.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.20%. JetBlue Airways has a consensus target price of $5.16, suggesting a potential upside of 21.96%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Copa is more favorable than JetBlue Airways.
In the previous week, JetBlue Airways had 15 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for JetBlue Airways and 5 mentions for Copa. Copa's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat JetBlue Airways' score of 0.19 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Copa has a net margin of 17.66% compared to JetBlue Airways' net margin of -3.12%. Copa's return on equity of 25.91% beat JetBlue Airways' return on equity.
Copa has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JetBlue Airways has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.1% of Copa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of JetBlue Airways shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Copa beats JetBlue Airways on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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This page (NASDAQ:JBLU) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
