Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT) vs Copa Holdings, S.A. (CPA)

Allegiant Travel Company and Copa Holdings, S.A. are both Airlines companies. Copa Holdings, S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $5.3B against $2.1B — 2.5× the size. Copa Holdings, S.A. trades at the lower P/E: 8.8× against 55.7×. Copa Holdings, S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.8% against 12.2%. Copa Holdings, S.A. has the higher net margin (15.7% vs 0.91%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.4% vs 2.56%). Both pay a dividend; Copa Holdings, S.A. yields more (5.83% vs 0.77%). Across the 22 metrics below, Copa Holdings, S.A. leads on 15 and Allegiant Travel Company on 7.

Valuation

Metric ALGT CPA Airlines median
P/E 55.70 8.79 10.32
P/S 0.62 1.37 0.57
P/B 1.02 1.90 2.06
Price to free cash flow 9.34 30.89 13.20
EV/EBITDA 13.54 8.39 9.68
EV/Sales 1.21 1.62 0.89
Earnings yield 1.80% 11.37% 2.85%
Free cash flow yield 10.71% 3.24% 3.17%

Profitability

Metric ALGT CPA Airlines median
Gross margin 25.04% 62.38% 42.57%
Operating margin 4.90% 19.36% 4.18%
Net margin 0.91% 15.71% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 6.69% 4.44% 4.31%
Return on equity 1.85% 23.07% 10.75%
Return on assets 0.48% 9.54% 1.67%
Return on invested capital 2.56% 12.43% 3.19%

Growth

Metric ALGT CPA Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.24% 14.75% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 81.58% 11.81% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 21.36% 35.20% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALGT CPA Airlines median
Debt to equity 1.56 0.79 0.81
Current ratio 0.83 1.06 0.60
Net debt to EBITDA 3.41 0.54 1.42

Dividend

Metric ALGT CPA Airlines median
Dividend yield 0.77% 5.83% 0.82%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.21 0.00

Size

Metric ALGT CPA Airlines median
Market cap 2.10b 5.30b 3.91b

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