ALK vs. CPA, JBLU, ALGT, UAL, LUV, AZUL, ULCC, SAVE, AAL, and HTZ
Should you be buying Alaska Air Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alaska Air Group include Copa (CPA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Azul (AZUL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), American Airlines Group (AAL), and Hertz Global (HTZ). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Alaska Air Group vs.
Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and Copa (NYSE:CPA) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Alaska Air Group received 176 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.95% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 65.90% of users gave Copa an outperform vote.
Alaska Air Group currently has a consensus target price of $65.05, indicating a potential upside of 60.09%. Copa has a consensus target price of $112.13, indicating a potential upside of 23.72%. Given Alaska Air Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than Copa.
77.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Copa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Copa has a net margin of 11.74% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 0.60%. Copa's return on equity of 25.25% beat Alaska Air Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 4 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 8 mentions for Copa. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Copa's score of 0.24 indicating that Alaska Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copa has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alaska Air Group beats Copa on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ALK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Alaska Air Group Competitors List
