Copa Holdings (CPA) Operating Expenses (2013 - 2025)

Copa Holdings' (CPA) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $753.3 million in Q4 2025, up 11.62% year-on-year from $674.9 million in Q4 2024, and up 7.48% quarter-over-quarter from $700.8 million in Q3 2025.

Copa Holdings (CPA) Operating Expenses (2013 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Copa Holdings has disclosed Operating Expenses across 13 years of filings, most recently posting $753.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $753.3 million, up 11.62% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $2.8 billion (up 3.92% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.8 billion, up 3.92% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $753.3 million for Q4 2025 at Copa Holdings, up from $700.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $753.3 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $262.8 million in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $664.2 million (2022), against an average of $600.7 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 176.99% in 2021, while the deepest fall reached 47.11% in 2021.
  • Copa Holdings' Operating Expenses stood at $413.7 million in 2021, then surged by 62.18% to $671.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 4.11% to $698.5 million in 2023, then decreased by 3.38% to $674.9 million in 2024, then gained by 11.62% to $753.3 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $753.3 million (Q4 2025), $700.8 million (Q3 2025), and $659.4 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Ryanair Holdings 453.97 Bn 448.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 3.53 Bn
2 Delta Air Lines 54.89 Bn 49.84 Bn 15.19 Bn 15.35 Bn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 47.52 Bn 46.49 Bn -239.00 Mn 1.20 Bn
4 Southwest Airlines 23.88 Bn 20.55 Bn 6.21 Bn 6.92 Bn
5 Copa Holdings 6.22 Bn 4.88 Bn 713.71 Mn 753.30 Mn
6 Alaska Air 5.64 Bn 3.87 Bn 3.20 Bn 3.58 Bn
7 Skywest 3.71 Bn 3.08 Bn 924.11 Mn 889.49 Mn
8 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 2.23 Bn 2.23 Bn - 791.00 Mn
9 Jetblue Airways 2.11 Bn -62.86 Mn 1.87 Bn 2.46 Bn
10 Allegiant Travel 1.82 Bn 921.81 Mn 651.87 Mn 651.33 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 753.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 700.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 659.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 685.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 674.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 681.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 659.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 677.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 698.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 662.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 614.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 674.05 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 670.95 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 665.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 651.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 526.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 413.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 385.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 295.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 262.76 Mn