CPA vs TCOM vs SKYW Stock Comparison

Copa Holdings, Trip.com and Skywest Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A.
$130.02 -2.8% 1M +2.9% 1Y
Market cap
$5.47B
P/E
8.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.99B
Div. yield
–
Airlines Industrials
3 wins
TCOM Trip.com Group Ltd
$39.91 +1.2% 1M -45.2% 1Y
Market cap
$26.04B
P/E
7.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.45B
Div. yield
–
Travel Services Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
SKYW Skywest Inc
$94.10 -8.0% 1M -6.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.77B
P/E
9.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.19B
Div. yield
–
Airlines Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Trip.com leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Trip.com 6, Copa Holdings 3, Skywest 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCPATCOMSKYWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.47B $26.04B $3.77B TCOM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 8.7x 7.6x 9.2x TCOM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.2x 11.0x 8.4x SKYW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.8% +18.1% +9.1% TCOM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.7% 36.1% 9.8% TCOM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.3% 5.3% 8.9% CPA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x — 1.8x CPA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +2.9% -45.2% -6.2% CPA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.5%/yr +6.6%/yr +15.7%/yr SKYW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.8% 36.3% 37.4% TCOM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 81/100 70/100 TCOM

Percentile Scorecard

CPATCOMSKYW

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCPATCOMSKYW
Valuation 61 #54 of 136 82 #6 of 29 84 #23 of 136
Growth 62 #47 of 122 80 #6 of 26 82 #23 of 122
Profitability 80 #24 of 116 68 #9 of 26 64 #43 of 116
Financial Health 49 #74 of 144 93 #3 of 31 29 #102 of 144
Shareholder Returns 72 #24 of 82 – 91 #8 of 82
Overall 65 81 70
  • CPA ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • TCOM ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • SKYW ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCPATCOMSKYWSPY
1 month -2.8%+1.2%-8.0% -0.8%
3 months -6.0%-10.9%-14.7% +3.5%
6 months +12.2%-25.0%+12.7% +7.0%
Year to date +7.8%-44.5%-6.3% +12.2%
1 year +2.9%-45.2%-6.2% +13.0%
3 years +64.4%+13.0%+122.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +18.0%+4.2%+30.6% +23.1%
5 years +72.0%+37.9%+107.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year +11.5%+6.6%+15.7% +11.0%
10 years +44.3%-14.5%+221.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +3.7%-1.6%+12.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCPATCOMSKYWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.8%36.3%37.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.3%43.1%35.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.830.591.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.07-1.25-0.17 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -42.5%-51.9%-70.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.3%-49.5%-18.8% -1.8%
52-week high $157.19$78.96$115.94 $779.14
52-week low $107.81$37.96$78.40 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCPATCOMSKYW
P/E now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 16.1x 7.7xmedian 18.8x 9.1xmedian 16.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.0x 2.7xmedian 1.5x 0.9xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 8.7x —median 15.2x 5.6xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 11.5x —median 16.1x 9.8xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 2.5x 1.3xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.44median 0.81 0.15median 0.38 0.03median 0.81

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCPATCOMSKYW
Revenue $3.99B $9.45B $4.19B
Gross profit – $7.55B –
Operating income $772.19M $1.50B $587.86M
Net income $626.62M $3.42B $409.91M
Free cash flow – – $371.69M
R&D – $2.30B –
EPS (diluted) $15.19 $4.88 $10.35
Cash & equivalents $266.83M $8.26B $81.41M
Total debt $7.93B $18.23B $2.31B
Shares (diluted) 41.26M 698.38M 39.62M
Enterprise value $545.88M -$18.99B $1.08B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCPATCOMSKYW
P/E 8.6x 7.7x 9.1x
P/FCF – – 9.8x
P/Operating cash flow – – 3.9x
P/S 1.3x 2.7x 0.9x
P/B 1.9x 1.1x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 1.9x 1.2x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 5.4x – 5.6x
EV/EBIT 8.2x 12.0x 9.1x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 1.9x 1.3x
EV/FCF – – 14.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 5.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.44 0.15 0.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCPATCOMSKYW
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.8% 18.1% 9.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 27.2% 13.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 16.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 40.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -0.3% -28.2% 0.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.9% 42.4% 105.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -1.7% 34.1% 0.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 22.2% 54.9% 327.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -0.5% 33.2% 4.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.9% 51.8% 343.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 18.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 16.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 23.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 42.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCPATCOMSKYW
Gross margin – 80.0% –
EBITDA margin 29.4% – 22.8%
Operating margin 19.4% 15.9% 14.0%
Pretax margin 18.0% 45.7% 12.6%
Net margin 15.7% 36.1% 9.8%
FCF margin – – 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin – – 22.6%
Return on equity 21.8% 14.3% 14.9%
Return on assets 8.9% 8.9% 5.6%
Return on invested capital 15.3% 5.3% 8.9%
Return on capital employed 14.4% 6.1% 10.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.2x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCPATCOMSKYW
Debt / assets 31.8% 10.2% 31.2%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.2x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x – 1.8x
Debt / FCF – – 6.2x
Liabilities / assets 59.7% 38.0% 62.7%
Equity / assets 40.3% 62.0% 37.3%
Interest coverage 7.3x 19.8x 5.9x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.3x 0.6x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.0x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.9x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.22 – 1.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCPATCOMSKYW
Dividend yield 5.2% – –
Net buyback yield – – 5.5%
Shareholder yield 5.2% 0.0% 5.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCPATCOMSKYW
Forward P/E 9.2xFY2026 11.0xFY2026 8.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $14.13FY2026 $3.64FY2026 $11.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -13.2%FY2026 -44.2%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +41.4% +17.0% +2.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.72BFY2026 $9.46BFY2026 $4.61BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +30.3%FY2026 +6.0%FY2026 +13.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.7% +20.9% +4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCPATCOMSKYW
Held by institutions 62.4% 23.0% 92.2%
Institutions holding 321 319 350
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.3% +1.2% -1.1%
Institutions buying 187 152 181
Institutions selling 98 119 140
Buyers to sellers 1.91 1.28 1.29

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CPATCOMSKYW
CPA 1.00 0.14 0.52
TCOM 0.14 1.00 0.11
SKYW 0.52 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CPA, TCOM and SKYW?

Trip.com (TCOM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Copa Holdings (CPA) $5.47B, Trip.com (TCOM) $26.04B, Skywest (SKYW) $3.77B.

Which stock is cheaper, CPA, TCOM and SKYW?

Trip.com (TCOM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Copa Holdings (CPA) 8.7x, Trip.com (TCOM) 7.6x, Skywest (SKYW) 9.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Skywest (SKYW) is cheapest (Copa Holdings (CPA) 9.2x, Trip.com (TCOM) 11.0x, Skywest (SKYW) 8.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Trip.com (TCOM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Copa Holdings (CPA) +14.8%, Trip.com (TCOM) +18.1%, Skywest (SKYW) +9.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trip.com (TCOM) has the highest net margin (Copa Holdings (CPA) 15.7%, Trip.com (TCOM) 36.1%, Skywest (SKYW) 9.8%). On return on invested capital, Copa Holdings (CPA) leads (Copa Holdings (CPA) 15.3%, Trip.com (TCOM) 5.3%, Skywest (SKYW) 8.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Copa Holdings (CPA) returned the most: Copa Holdings (CPA) +2.9%, Trip.com (TCOM) -45.2%, Skywest (SKYW) -6.2%. Over five years, Skywest (SKYW) compounded fastest (Copa Holdings (CPA) +11.5%/yr, Trip.com (TCOM) +6.6%/yr, Skywest (SKYW) +15.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Trip.com (TCOM) has been the steadiest (Copa Holdings (CPA) 42.8%, Trip.com (TCOM) 36.3%, Skywest (SKYW) 37.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CPA, TCOM and SKYW?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Trip.com (TCOM) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.