CPA vs. ALK, SKYW, JBLU, ALGT, DAL, UAL, LUV, AAL, ULCC, and SNCY
Should you be buying Copa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copa include Alaska Air Group (ALK), SkyWest (SKYW), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), American Airlines Group (AAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), and Sun Country Airlines (SNCY). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
Copa vs.
Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and Copa (NYSE:CPA) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 3 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 11 mentions for Copa. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Copa's score of 0.82 indicating that Alaska Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alaska Air Group pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Copa pays an annual dividend of $6.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Alaska Air Group pays out 54.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Copa pays out 44.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Copa has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Copa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Alaska Air Group received 196 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.21% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 65.04% of users gave Copa an outperform vote.
81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Copa shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copa has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 17.67% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 3.37%. Copa's return on equity of 26.70% beat Alaska Air Group's return on equity.
Alaska Air Group currently has a consensus target price of $66.83, indicating a potential upside of 33.40%. Copa has a consensus target price of $150.83, indicating a potential upside of 44.20%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Copa is more favorable than Alaska Air Group.
Summary
Copa beats Alaska Air Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CPA) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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