profit from every $100 of sales.

Copa Holdings
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
You pay $8.56 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
Money in, money out
What Copa Holdings sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.97 billion in 2022 to $3.62 billion in 2025, with $672 million of profit last year.
Copa Holdings handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Copa Holdings vs. similar companies
Copa Holdings grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
Copa Holdings | 8.6× · Cheap | ||
Delta Air Lines | 11.3× · Cheap | ||
International Consolidated Airlines Group | 7.0× · Cheap | ||
InterGlobe Aviation | No profit yet | ||
Air China | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Copa Holdings's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,965 | 3,457 | 3,446 | 3,618 | |
| 898 | 1,275 | 1,228 | 1,286 | |
| 450 | 807 | 753 | 819 | |
| 744 | 1,075 | 1,121 | 1,239 | |
| 348 | 514 | 608 | 672 | |
| 8.58 | 12.89 | 14.56 | 16.28 | |
| 30.3% | 36.9% | 35.6% | 35.6% | |
| 15.2% | 23.4% | 21.8% | 22.6% | |
| 11.7% | 14.9% | 17.6% | 18.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,690 | 5,197 | 5,742 | 6,583 |
| Cash | 122 | 206 | 613 | 383 |
| Total debt | 1,683 | 1,746 | 2,001 | 2,305 |
| Total liabilities | 3,198 | 3,075 | 3,370 | 3,808 |
| 1,492 | 2,122 | 2,373 | 2,775 | |
| 41 | 40 | 42 | 41 | |
| 11.8% | 15.7% | 14.3% | 13.6% | |
| 23.3% | 24.2% | 25.6% | 24.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 759 | 1,045 | 997 | 1,150 | |
| 651 | 830 | 656 | 1,098 | |
| 108 | 215 | 341 | 52 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 134 | 269 | 266 |
| 168 | 106 | 87 | 9 | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Valuation
- 8.6×
- 10.5×
- 0.36
- 2.0×
- 1.6×
- 109.8×
- 6.2×
- 0.9%
- 11.7%
- 5.0%
Profitability
- 35.6%
- 22.6%
- 18.6%
- 34.3%
- 13.9%
- 14.2%
- 25.6%
- 10.2%
- 15.8%
- –
Growth
- +6.9%
- +23.8%
- −9.5%
- +51.8%
- +0.6%
Financial health
- 1.6×
- 0.83
- 38.9%
- 8.9×
- 1.31
- 1.13
- 0.55
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $180.00
- Range
- $151.00 – $190.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | 5.16 | 4.43 | +16.5% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 4.18 | 4.44 | −5.9% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 4.20 | 4.03 | +4.2% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 3.61 | 3.25 | +11.1% |
| May 7, 2025 | 4.28 | 3.77 | +13.5% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 3.99 | 3.84 | +3.9% |
| Nov 20, 2024 | 3.50 | 3.48 | +0.6% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 2.88 | 2.83 | +1.8% |
Paid per share, each year
$3.36 in 2015 → $6.44 in 2025
How safe it looks
39.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 507.7%
News
I’m 63, a retired CPA with a $1.2 million 401(k). Do I need to bother with a Roth conversion?MarketWatch · Aug 18, 2026The newest story we have is from Aug 18, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Questions about Copa Holdings
Is Copa Holdings a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Copa Holdings AI analysis
What does Copa Holdings do?
Copa Holdings, S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides airline passenger, and cargo and mail transportation services in North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. As of December 31, 2025, it operated through a fleet of 125 aircraft. It is in Airlines, based in Panama City, Panama, with 8,565 employees.
Does Copa Holdings pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 5.0% a year, about 40% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $266 million in dividends.
Is Copa Holdings stock halal?
No. Copa Holdings does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 40% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Copa Holdings stock done over the past year?
Up 12.2% over the past twelve months, to $140.87. It traded between $107.81 and $157.19 and is 10.4% below its high.
Who are Copa Holdings's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Delta Air Lines, International Consolidated Airlines Group, InterGlobe Aviation and Air China. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Copa Holdings's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



