Alaska Air Group (ALK) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CPA or ALK?

70.1% of Copa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CPA or ALK?

In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 1 more articles in the media than Copa. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 23 mentions for Copa. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Copa's score of 0.88 indicating that Copa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Copa	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alaska Air Group	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPA or ALK?

Alaska Air Group received 179 more outperform votes than Copa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 65.08% of users gave Copa an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Copa	Outperform Votes 641 65.08%	Underperform Votes 344 34.92%
Alaska Air Group	Outperform Votes 820 69.61%	Underperform Votes 358 30.39%

Do analysts prefer CPA or ALK?

Copa presently has a consensus price target of $156.83, suggesting a potential upside of 42.98%. Alaska Air Group has a consensus price target of $56.60, suggesting a potential upside of 30.76%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Copa is more favorable than Alaska Air Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Copa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Alaska Air Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk & volatility, CPA or ALK?

Copa has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CPA or ALK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Copa	$3.46B	1.25	$514.10M	$13.90	7.89
Alaska Air Group	$10.43B	0.53	$235M	$1.87	23.15

Is CPA or ALK more profitable?

Copa has a net margin of 16.42% compared to Copa's net margin of 2.34%. Alaska Air Group's return on equity of 36.59% beat Copa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Copa	16.42%	36.59%	13.58%
Alaska Air Group	2.34%	13.54%	3.68%

Summary

Copa beats Alaska Air Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.