Copa (CPA) Competitors

Copa (NYSE:CPA) and Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CPA or LUV?

70.1% of Copa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Southwest Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Southwest Airlines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CPA or LUV?

Copa has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwest Airlines has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CPA or LUV?

Copa presently has a consensus price target of $153.29, indicating a potential upside of 61.88%. Southwest Airlines has a consensus price target of $30.43, indicating a potential upside of 2.17%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Copa is more favorable than Southwest Airlines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Copa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
Southwest Airlines	6 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Does the media favor CPA or LUV?

In the previous week, Southwest Airlines had 35 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Southwest Airlines and 12 mentions for Copa. Copa's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Southwest Airlines' score of 0.54 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Copa	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Southwest Airlines	18 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CPA or LUV?

Copa has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Southwest Airlines. Copa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southwest Airlines, 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
Copa	$3.44B	1.16	$608.53M	$14.56	6.50
Southwest Airlines	$27.58B	0.62	$465M	$0.85	35.04

Is CPA or LUV more profitable?

Copa has a net margin of 17.67% compared to Southwest Airlines' net margin of 1.69%. Copa's return on equity of 26.70% beat Southwest Airlines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Copa	17.67%	26.70%	11.15%
Southwest Airlines	1.69%	5.77%	1.70%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPA or LUV?

Southwest Airlines received 489 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.47% of users gave Southwest Airlines an outperform vote while only 65.04% of users gave Copa an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Copa	Outperform Votes 653 65.04%	Underperform Votes 351 34.96%
Southwest Airlines	Outperform Votes 1142 68.47%	Underperform Votes 526 31.53%

Is CPA or LUV a better dividend stock?

Copa pays an annual dividend of $6.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Southwest Airlines pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Copa pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southwest Airlines pays out 84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Copa has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Copa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Copa beats Southwest Airlines on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.