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NYSE:ALK

Alaska Air Group - ALK Competitors

$40.63
+0.82 (+2.06%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$40.12
$40.88
50-Day Range
$38.13
$53.58
52-Week Range
$37.19
$61.55
Volume
2.12 million shs
Average Volume
1.54 million shs
Market Capitalization
$5.18 billion
P/E Ratio
94.49
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$65.05

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alaska Air GroupOutperform Votes
806
70.95%
Underperform Votes
330
29.05%
CopaOutperform Votes
630
65.90%
Underperform Votes
326
34.10%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alaska Air Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Copa
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Air Group$9.65 billion0.54$58 million$0.4394.49
Copa$2.97 billion1.28$348.05 million$8.6410.49

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alaska Air Group 0.60% 14.75% 3.85%
Copa 11.74% 25.25% 7.49%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alaska Air Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Copa
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.
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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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ALK vs. The Competition

MetricAlaska Air GroupAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.18B$4.67B$6.90B$14.44B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%7.99%3.92%
P/E Ratio94.4959.4130.9821.22
Price / Sales0.540.5811.4710.89
Price / Cash4.9811.8512.0616.41
Price / Book1.3531.648.456.83
Net Income$58M-$135.94M$678.73M$867.88M
7 Day Performance3.12%2.74%0.99%2.52%
1 Month Performance-15.05%-4.75%-2.88%-5.27%
1 Year Performance-30.42%-20.61%-1.84%-14.47%

Alaska Air Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPA
Copa
2.0154 of 5 stars
$90.63
+0.1%
$112.13
+23.7%
+11.5%$3.80B$2.97B10.496,127Short Interest ↓
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.2385 of 5 stars
$7.10
+2.6%
$10.46
+47.3%
-52.8%$2.32B$9.16B-6.3420,901Analyst Revision
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
2.1378 of 5 stars
$88.66
+3.1%
$102.75
+15.9%
-45.0%$1.61B$2.30B985.225,315Short Interest ↑
UAL
United Airlines
2.5311 of 5 stars
$43.47
+2.5%
$56.31
+29.5%
-4.8%$14.22B$44.96B20.0392,795Positive News
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.0286 of 5 stars
$31.44
+2.6%
$47.07
+49.7%
-30.6%$18.68B$23.81B39.3066,656Short Interest ↑
AZUL
Azul
2.0434 of 5 stars
$6.81
-0.4%
$9.54
+40.1%
-57.4%$2.87B$15.95B-4.2312,485Short Interest ↓
ULCC
Frontier Group
2.5896 of 5 stars
$9.38
+4.5%
$17.33
+84.8%
-19.3%$2.05B$3.33B-49.376,470Gap Up
SAVE
Spirit Airlines
2.0737 of 5 stars
$16.93
+1.3%
$26.86
+58.6%
-24.4%$1.85B$5.07B-4.989,823Short Interest ↑
AAL
American Airlines Group
2.727 of 5 stars
$14.35
+2.6%
$18.06
+25.9%
-21.0%$9.35B$48.97B-1,435.00129,700Short Interest ↓
HTZ
Hertz Global
1.7942 of 5 stars
$15.68
+3.2%
$23.57
+50.3%
-32.0%$5.06B$8.69B4.8025,000Short Interest ↑
This page (NYSE:ALK) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff