How to buy Copa Holdings S-A stock

Copa Holdings, S.A is an airlines business based in the US. Copa Holdings S-A shares (CPA) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in Copa Holdings S-A

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Copa Holdings S-A. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CPA. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Copa Holdings S-A reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Copa Holdings S-A, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Copa Holdings S-A. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Copa Holdings S-A share price

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Copa Holdings S-A shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$24 - USD$90.49
50-day moving average	USD$79.4136
200-day moving average	USD$66.1839
Wall St. target price	USD$84.67
PE ratio	9.1291
Dividend yield	USD$0.8 (0.9%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$5.452

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Copa Holdings S-A financials

Revenue TTM	USD$801 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$183.9 million
Return on assets TTM	-7.02%
Return on equity TTM	-37.1%
Profit margin	-74.73%
Book value	$30.35
Market capitalisation	USD$3.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Copa Holdings S-A shares

There are currently 4.1 million Copa Holdings S-A shares held short by investors – that's known as Copa Holdings S-A's "short interest". This figure is 12.4% up from 3.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Copa Holdings S-A shares can be evaluated.

Copa Holdings S-A's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Copa Holdings S-A's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Copa Holdings S-A shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Copa Holdings S-A shares traded daily (recently around 475199.30875576). Copa Holdings S-A's SIR currently stands at 8.68. In other words for every 100,000 Copa Holdings S-A shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8680 shares are currently held short.

However Copa Holdings S-A's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Copa Holdings S-A shares, or, against the total number of tradable Copa Holdings S-A shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Copa Holdings S-A's short interest could be expressed as 0.1% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Copa Holdings S-A shares in existence, roughly 100 shares are currently held short) or 0.1318% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Copa Holdings S-A shares, roughly 132 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Copa Holdings S-A.

Find out more about how you can short Copa Holdings S-A stock.

Have Copa Holdings S-A's shares ever split?

Copa Holdings S-A's shares were split on a 1:2 basis on 16 May 2013. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Copa Holdings S-A shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 100% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Copa Holdings S-A shares which in turn could have impacted Copa Holdings S-A's share price.

Copa Holdings S-A share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Copa Holdings S-A's shares have ranged in value from as little as $24 up to $90.49. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Copa Holdings S-A's is 1.707. This would suggest that Copa Holdings S-A's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Copa Holdings S-A overview

Copa Holdings, S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides airline passenger and cargo services. The company offers flights to 80 destinations in 33 countries in North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean. As of December 31, 2019, it operated a fleet of 102 aircraft comprising 82 Boeing 737-Next Generation, 14 Embraer 190, and six Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. Copa Holdings, S.A. was founded in 1947 and is based in Panama City, Panama.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Copa Holdings S-A is owned by institutions?

  Currently 111.825% of Copa Holdings S-A shares are held by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Copa Holdings S-A?

  Copa Holdings S-A's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Copa Holdings S-A based?

  Copa Holdings S-A's address is: Boulevard Costa del Este, Panama City, Panama

• What is Copa Holdings S-A's ISIN number?

  Copa Holdings S-A's international securities identification number is: PAP310761054

• What is Copa Holdings S-A's CUSIP number?

  Copa Holdings S-A's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: P31076105