Copa vs Frontier
CPA and ULCC side by side, both in air transportation, scheduled, and air courier. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CPA and ULCC compare
Frontier grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (24.0% versus 5.0% for Copa).
Copa scores higher on the StockData Score (4 against 2 for Frontier), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CPA | ULCC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $1.9B |
| Share price | $148.97 | $8.08 |
| Change, 1 year | 18.8% | 112% |
| Change, 5 years | 89.6% | −48.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.86 | 1.87 |
| Employees | – | 7,750 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | – | 0.4× |
| P/B | – | 50.3× |
| P/FCF | – | 931× |
| FCF yield | – | 0.11% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.0% | 24.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 35.2% (better) | 24.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 11.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 22.6% (better) | −9.5% |
| Net margin | – | −8.9% |
| FCF margin | – | 0.04% |
| Return on equity | – | −175% |
| Return on invested capital | – | −878% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 13.03 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.35 | – |
| Interest coverage | 45.2× (better) | −9.5× |
| Current ratio | 1.31 (better) | 0.62 |
| Altman Z-score | – | 0.39 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 0 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | – | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 62.7% | 59.0% |
| Held by insiders | 4.5% | 57.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$25.5K (better) | −$90.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.3% | 23.4% |
Go deeper
- CPA stock overview
- CPA income statement
- CPA valuation and score
- ULCC stock overview
- ULCC income statement
- ULCC valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.