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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.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alaska Air GroupOutperform Votes
851
70.21%
Underperform Votes
361
29.79%
CopaOutperform Votes
655
65.04%
Underperform Votes
352
34.96%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Air Group$12.64B0.49$395M$2.7518.22
Copa$3.45B1.25$608.53M$14.657.14

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alaska Air Group3.37% 14.66% 3.60%
Copa 17.67%26.70%11.15%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alaska Air Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Copa
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Copa beats Alaska Air Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CPA vs. The Competition

MetricCopaAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.31B$2.18T$286.41B$19.30B
Dividend Yield6.29%3.13%3.77%3.83%
P/E Ratio7.188.3913.7034.53
Price / Sales1.25194.40265.8034.84
Price / Cash4.397.5211.5417.51
Price / Book1.851.871.924.69
Net Income$608.53M$805.72M$515.10M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.60%-2.36%-2.93%-2.43%
1 Month Performance19.31%9.69%7.03%6.27%
1 Year Performance6.35%-4.55%-8.65%5.78%

Copa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPA
Copa
4.5459 of 5 stars
$104.60
+2.5%
$150.83
+44.2%
+2.3%$4.31B$3.45B7.186,130Analyst Revision
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8694 of 5 stars
$53.59
+3.0%
$65.92
+23.0%
+14.9%$6.58B$12.64B17.5725,500Positive News
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SKYW
SkyWest
3.9572 of 5 stars
$101.96
+2.4%
$120.67
+18.3%
+33.4%$4.13B$3.67B13.1213,121
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.4639 of 5 stars
$4.84
-0.8%
$5.16
+6.6%
-14.4%$1.72B$9.21B-2.0720,000High Trading Volume
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.0293 of 5 stars
$59.35
+9.0%
$63.20
+6.5%
+7.2%$1.08B$2.56B-4.445,320
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.9179 of 5 stars
$51.21
+5.9%
$61.37
+19.9%
-5.8%$33.43B$61.94B9.6195,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
UAL
United Airlines
4.8996 of 5 stars
$78.62
+1.7%
$96.60
+22.9%
+45.0%$25.68B$57.74B8.3492,800Positive News
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.3855 of 5 stars
$31.22
+0.1%
$30.43
-2.5%
+11.8%$17.79B$27.58B43.3666,700Trending News
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.7704 of 5 stars
$11.67
+5.0%
$16.25
+39.2%
-19.1%$7.70B$54.19B10.24129,700High Trading Volume
ULCC
Frontier Group
4.1995 of 5 stars
$4.16
+7.2%
$6.11
+46.9%
-34.2%$947.50M$3.82B11.566,470
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
4.1142 of 5 stars
$12.30
+3.8%
$17.43
+41.7%
+10.6%$654.46M$1.09B12.952,510Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CPA) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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