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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

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

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copa has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.9013.58
Copa$3.44B1.32$608.11M$14.657.54

Copa has a net margin of 17.66% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. 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
American Airlines Group1.26% -26.59% 1.91%
Copa 17.66%25.91%10.88%

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 27 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for American Airlines Group and 4 mentions for Copa. Copa's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

American Airlines Group presently has a consensus price target of $15.89, indicating a potential upside of 30.07%. Copa has a consensus price target of $153.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.49%. Given Copa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Copa is more favorable than American Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Copa
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Copa beats American Airlines Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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

MetricCopaTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.54B$7.78B$7.25B$20.63B
Dividend Yield5.83%8,199.92%922.81%3.72%
P/E Ratio7.549.1612.5827.74
Price / Sales1.322,006.44363.0942.43
Price / Cash4.845.107.6217.96
Price / Book1.922.632.144.57
Net Income$608.11M$587.12M$559.82M$987.45M
7 Day Performance-1.04%7.78%2.13%0.20%
1 Month Performance6.62%19.32%5.33%5.53%
1 Year Performance14.67%59.49%4.98%10.30%

Copa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPA
Copa
4.5925 of 5 stars
$110.48
-2.8%
$153.00
+38.5%
+14.6%$4.54B$3.44B7.547,909
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.6008 of 5 stars
$11.59
-0.9%
$15.84
+36.7%
+14.4%$7.71B$54.21B7.04133,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.6278 of 5 stars
$55.41
-8.1%
$64.40
+16.2%
+9.7%$1.10B$2.51B16.475,991Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
SKYW
SkyWest
3.3919 of 5 stars
$107.46
-0.3%
$120.50
+12.1%
+34.0%$4.36B$3.53B12.3314,610
UAL
United Airlines
4.6323 of 5 stars
$81.11
-1.5%
$104.50
+28.8%
+96.1%$26.90B$57.06B7.08107,300Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.7743 of 5 stars
$50.65
-0.8%
$66.42
+31.1%
+36.8%$6.27B$11.74B10.2133,941News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.6893 of 5 stars
$50.06
-1.6%
$61.42
+22.7%
+30.0%$33.21B$61.64B8.24100,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GATX
GATX
2.1405 of 5 stars
$157.54
-1.1%
$167.67
+6.4%
+9.7%$5.68B$1.59B19.882,150Positive News
WAB
Wabtec
3.9836 of 5 stars
$213.04
-0.6%
$216.00
+1.4%
+31.1%$36.68B$10.39B27.0729,500Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.1473 of 5 stars
$4.30
-3.6%
$5.16
+20.0%
-28.0%$1.58B$9.28B0.0022,793
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.0137 of 5 stars
$33.81
-0.8%
$32.31
-4.4%
+34.9%$19.42B$27.48B29.3872,450Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:CPA) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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