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Copa Holdings, S.A. (CPA) vs China Southern Airlines Company Limited (ZNH)

Copa Holdings, S.A. and China Southern Airlines Company Limited are both Airlines companies. China Southern Airlines Company Limited is the larger, with a market value of $17.7B against $5.5B — 3.2× the size. China Southern Airlines Company Limited has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Copa Holdings, S.A. trades at 8.7×. Copa Holdings, S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.8% against −2.66%. Copa Holdings, S.A. has the higher net margin (15.7% vs −9.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.4% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Copa Holdings, S.A. leads on 14 and China Southern Airlines Company Limited on 3.

Valuation

Metric CPA ZNH Airlines median
P/E 8.74 n/m 8.96
P/S 1.36 0.55 0.51
P/B 1.89 1.28 1.88
Price to free cash flow 30.71 n/m 11.45
EV/EBITDA 8.35 — 8.43
EV/Sales 1.62 — 0.79
Earnings yield 11.44% (11.51%) 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 3.26% (8.02%) 3.44%

Profitability

Metric CPA ZNH Airlines median
Gross margin 62.38% (0.11%) 40.73%
Operating margin 19.36% (7.90%) 4.18%
Net margin 15.71% (9.08%) 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 4.44% 0.00% 4.20%
Return on equity 23.07% 0.00% 10.75%
Return on assets 9.54% 0.00% 1.67%
Return on invested capital 12.43% 0.00% 3.19%

Growth

Metric CPA ZNH Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.75% (2.66%) 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.81% 57.67% 13.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 35.20% 1.65% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CPA ZNH Airlines median
Debt to equity 0.79 2.82 0.81
Current ratio 1.06 0.23 0.60
Net debt to EBITDA 0.54 22.72 1.42

Dividend

Metric CPA ZNH Airlines median
Dividend yield 5.07% — 1.45%
Payout ratio 0.44 — 0.21

Size

Metric CPA ZNH Airlines median
Market cap 5.51b 17.69b 3.62b

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