Corporación América Airports (CAAP) Competitors

Corporación América Airports (NYSE:CAAP) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, CAAP or PAA?

Corporación América Airports has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CAAP or PAA?

12.9% of Corporación América Airports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned 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.

Is CAAP or PAA more profitable?

Corporación América Airports has a net margin of 20.78% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Corporación América Airports' return on equity of 28.13% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corporación América Airports	20.78%	28.13%	8.70%
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAAP or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline received 485 more outperform votes than Corporación América Airports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.23% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Corporación América Airports an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corporación América Airports	Outperform Votes 213 60.34%	Underperform Votes 140 39.66%
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 698 65.23%	Underperform Votes 372 34.77%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAAP or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Corporación América Airports. Corporación América Airports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains All American Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corporación América Airports	$1.84B	1.89	$239.51M	$1.56	13.68
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.09B	0.23	$772M	$0.93	17.90

Does the media prefer CAAP or PAA?

In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline had 5 more articles in the media than Corporación América Airports. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline and 4 mentions for Corporación América Airports. Corporación América Airports' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.63 indicating that Corporación América Airports is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corporación América Airports	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains All American Pipeline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CAAP or PAA?

Corporación América Airports currently has a consensus price target of $21.47, suggesting a potential upside of 0.62%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus price target of $20.45, suggesting a potential upside of 22.85%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Corporación América Airports.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corporación América Airports	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline beats Corporación América Airports on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.