Copa Holdings Valuation

Is CPA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CPA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CPA ($105.81) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($184.23)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CPA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CPA?

Key metric: As CPA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CPA. This is calculated by dividing CPA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CPA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.5x
EarningsUS$671.39m
Market CapUS$4.45b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CPA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CPA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.5x
SKYW SkyWest
18.1x15.8%US$4.4b
ALK Alaska Air Group
20.9x29.3%US$6.7b
AAL American Airlines Group
34.6x39.5%US$9.4b
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holdings
16.4x53.4%US$721.0m
CPA Copa Holdings
6.5x6.1%US$4.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CPA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the peer average (22.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CPA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Airlines Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CPA 6.5xIndustry Avg. 10.0xNo. of Companies9PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CPA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the Global Airlines industry average (10x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CPA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CPA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.5x
Fair PE Ratio13.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CPA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CPA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$105.81
US$147.73
+39.6%
11.9%US$180.00US$110.00n/a15
Nov ’25US$97.63
US$147.73
+51.3%
11.9%US$180.00US$110.00n/a15
Oct ’25US$92.57
US$147.67
+59.5%
11.9%US$180.00US$110.00n/a15
Sep ’25US$90.40
US$147.67
+63.3%
11.9%US$180.00US$110.00n/a15
Aug ’25US$85.66
US$156.27
+82.4%
7.9%US$180.00US$140.00n/a15
Jul ’25US$93.94
US$158.53
+68.8%
9.0%US$180.00US$140.00n/a15
Jun ’25US$97.23
US$159.07
+63.6%
8.4%US$180.00US$140.00n/a15
May ’25US$97.35
US$156.21
+60.5%
9.0%US$180.00US$130.00n/a14
Apr ’25US$103.52
US$156.21
+50.9%
9.0%US$180.00US$130.00n/a14
Mar ’25US$97.97
US$156.21
+59.5%
9.0%US$180.00US$130.00n/a14
Feb ’25US$97.57
US$154.50
+58.3%
9.8%US$190.00US$130.00n/a14
Jan ’25US$106.31
US$152.57
+43.5%
7.4%US$175.00US$130.00n/a14
Dec ’24US$94.11
US$151.86
+61.4%
8.0%US$175.00US$130.00n/a14
Nov ’24US$81.92
US$146.36
+78.7%
9.9%US$170.00US$124.00US$97.6314
Oct ’24US$89.12
US$146.14
+64.0%
10.1%US$170.00US$124.00US$92.5714
Sep ’24US$102.02
US$146.86
+43.9%
8.6%US$165.00US$124.00US$90.4014
Aug ’24US$114.26
US$150.00
+31.3%
7.4%US$165.00US$124.00US$85.6614
Jul ’24US$110.58
US$147.36
+33.3%
8.0%US$165.00US$124.00US$93.9414
Jun ’24US$106.42
US$145.50
+36.7%
6.8%US$165.00US$124.00US$97.2314
May ’24US$91.56
US$127.00
+38.7%
10.9%US$150.00US$97.00US$97.3515
Apr ’24US$92.35
US$124.60
+34.9%
11.0%US$150.00US$97.00US$103.5215
Mar ’24US$93.50
US$124.53
+33.2%
11.1%US$150.00US$97.00US$97.9715
Feb ’24US$91.69
US$115.67
+26.1%
15.1%US$150.00US$90.00US$97.5715
Jan ’24US$83.17
US$113.00
+35.9%
15.9%US$150.00US$89.00US$106.3115
Dec ’23US$87.59
US$110.44
+26.1%
17.2%US$150.00US$80.00US$94.1116
Nov ’23US$76.22
US$104.38
+36.9%
14.7%US$132.00US$80.00US$81.9216

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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