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Copa (CPA) Competitors

$107.54
+1.12 (+1.05%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$106.91
$108.87
50-Day Range
$86.01
$107.99
52-Week Range
$55.25
$109.12
Volume
262,853 shs
Average Volume
456,285 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.24 billion
P/E Ratio
9.57
Dividend Yield
3.05%
Price Target
$123.67

CPA vs. ALK, JBLU, ALGT, SKYW, UAL, AZUL, ULCC, SAVE, VLRS, and AAL

Should you be buying Copa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copa include Alaska Air Group (ALK), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Azul (AZUL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), and American Airlines Group (AAL). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.

Copa vs.

Copa (NYSE:CPA) and Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Alaska Air Group received 176 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.82% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 65.70% of users gave Copa an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CopaOutperform Votes
632
65.70%
Underperform Votes
330
34.30%
Alaska Air GroupOutperform Votes
808
70.82%
Underperform Votes
333
29.18%

Copa has a net margin of 13.80% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 0.58%. Copa's return on equity of 32.04% beat Alaska Air Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Copa 13.80% 32.04% 9.98%
Alaska Air Group 0.58% 17.03% 4.46%

Copa has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

76.0% of Copa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Copa had 4 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Copa and 7 mentions for Alaska Air Group. Copa's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Alaska Air Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Copa has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Copa$2.97 billion1.43$348.05 million$11.249.57
Alaska Air Group$9.65 billion0.61$58 million$0.46100.22

Copa currently has a consensus price target of $123.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.00%. Alaska Air Group has a consensus price target of $63.86, indicating a potential upside of 38.53%. Given Alaska Air Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alaska Air 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
Alaska Air Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Copa and Alaska Air Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CPA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricCopaAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.24B$12.52B$7.69B$14.56B
Dividend Yield3.08%2.78%8.47%4.08%
P/E Ratio9.5712.7123.5217.83
Price / Sales1.431.5812.119.09
Price / Cash6.9615.4513.2923.06
Price / Book2.642.151.899.18
Net Income$348.05M-$6.58M$737.18M$897.06M
7 Day Performance-0.42%4.76%1.70%2.52%
1 Month Performance15.42%6.85%1.59%2.69%
1 Year Performance54.11%-6.93%-2.78%-7.88%

Copa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALK
Alaska Air Group
2.5808 of 5 stars
$45.21
+0.2%
$63.86
+41.3%
-2.7%$5.78B$9.65B98.2825,469Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
1.8308 of 5 stars
$6.81
-0.3%
$8.65
+27.0%
-31.8%$2.23B$9.16B-7.4820,901Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
1.7095 of 5 stars
$97.76
-2.1%
$104.42
+6.8%
-29.3%$1.80B$2.30B27.015,315Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
SKYW
SkyWest
1.4522 of 5 stars
$30.33
-0.2%
$20.75
-31.6%
+22.2%$1.35B$3.00B46.6613,582
UAL
United Airlines
2.1761 of 5 stars
$48.01
+1.6%
$55.53
+15.7%
+6.0%$15.75B$44.96B8.2592,795
AZUL
Azul
1.2895 of 5 stars
$9.52
-0.9%
$9.78
+2.8%
-6.2%$4.01B$17.23B-1.6414,247Analyst Report
Gap Up
ULCC
Frontier Group
2.49 of 5 stars
$8.23
+0.4%
$16.42
+99.5%
-10.7%$1.80B$3.33B26.556,470Insider Selling
News Coverage
Gap Up
SAVE
Spirit Airlines
2.0205 of 5 stars
$14.99
+1.2%
$24.14
+61.1%
-27.0%$1.64B$5.07B-3.5312,025News Coverage
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación
2.2427 of 5 stars
$13.59
-1.2%
$19.90
+46.4%
-3.5%$1.19B$2.85B-27.737,364
AAL
American Airlines Group
2.5355 of 5 stars
$14.62
+1.9%
$17.75
+21.4%
-14.8%$9.55B$48.97B5.78129,700Analyst Report

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This page (NYSE:CPA) was last updated on 6/3/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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