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CPA vs. AAL, ALGT, SKYW, UAL, ALK, DAL, GATX, WAB, JBLU, and LUV

Should you be buying Copa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copa include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Delta Air Lines (DAL), GATX (GATX), Wabtec (WAB), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Copa vs. Its Competitors

Copa (NYSE:CPA) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

70.1% of Copa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Copa presently has a consensus target price of $152.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.48%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $16.76, indicating a potential upside of 51.99%. Given American Airlines Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Copa.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Copa
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Copa. Copa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Copa$3.44B1.30$608.11M$14.657.44
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.13$846M$0.8013.79

Copa has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Copa has a net margin of 17.66% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. Copa's return on equity of 25.91% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Copa17.66% 25.91% 10.88%
American Airlines Group 1.05%-24.55%1.68%

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 21 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for American Airlines Group and 3 mentions for Copa. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Copa's score of 0.61 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Copa
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Airlines Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American Airlines Group beats Copa on 10 of the 17 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 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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CPA vs. The Competition

MetricCopaTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.56B$7.66B$7.12B$20.63B
Dividend Yield5.82%6,150.61%706.15%3.67%
P/E Ratio7.449.7012.8829.01
Price / Sales1.302,860.69525.1165.92
Price / Cash4.855.027.6622.82
Price / Book1.892.602.064.43
Net Income$608.11M$587.12M$574.24M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-1.08%-5.19%-5.26%-3.39%
1 Month Performance-1.94%6.27%-2.21%-2.10%
1 Year Performance29.77%26.27%-2.73%10.09%

Copa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPA
Copa
4.476 of 5 stars
$108.98
-1.5%
$152.00
+39.5%
+27.1%$4.56B$3.44B7.447,909Upcoming Earnings
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.099 of 5 stars
$11.58
+0.7%
$16.76
+44.8%
+8.8%$7.58B$54.21B14.48133,300Options Volume
Gap Down
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.6493 of 5 stars
$51.29
+1.3%
$65.11
+26.9%
-3.4%$924.24M$2.51B-4.435,991News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
SKYW
SkyWest
4.4135 of 5 stars
$117.52
+4.6%
$126.75
+7.9%
+43.2%$4.54B$3.53B11.9614,610Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
UAL
United Airlines
4.6898 of 5 stars
$92.43
+1.4%
$111.43
+20.6%
+99.6%$29.50B$57.06B9.26107,300Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8261 of 5 stars
$54.33
+4.2%
$67.42
+24.1%
+41.5%$6.40B$11.74B22.0933,941Insider Trade
Gap Down
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.9079 of 5 stars
$55.62
+1.4%
$66.21
+19.0%
+23.3%$35.82B$61.64B8.06100,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
GATX
GATX
2.4845 of 5 stars
$152.78
-0.4%
$167.67
+9.7%
+8.4%$5.48B$1.59B19.362,150News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
WAB
Wabtec
4.5838 of 5 stars
$196.99
-0.1%
$221.71
+12.6%
+19.1%$33.75B$10.39B29.4029,500
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
3.1951 of 5 stars
$4.36
-0.5%
$5.16
+18.3%
-27.9%$1.55B$9.28B-5.3222,793Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.9915 of 5 stars
$32.51
-2.1%
$32.75
+0.7%
+13.1%$18.93B$27.48B49.2672,450Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:CPA) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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