COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
CPA vs DAL
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CPA scored 67.3, DAL scored 61.6 — CPA leads.
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CPA
Copa Holdings, S.A.
67.3
$129.95 · $5.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.7
CPA leads
DAL
Delta Air Lines Inc
61.6
$82.41 · $54.2B
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestCPA8.5x
- Fastest growthDAL+5.2%
- Strongest balance sheetDAL0.68
- Highest qualityCPA78 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueDAL-46%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CPA
stronger →← stronger
DAL
78
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
71
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
78
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
66
CPA is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CPA
DAL
$335mC
FCF
$8.4bB+
+5.0%C+
Rev
+5.2%C+
0.89C+
D/E
0.68B
8.5xA
P/E
15.1xB+
0.94B+
PEG
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Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CPA
DAL
10% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
46% below
~7%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
-5%
1-yr DCF upside
+81%
+11%
5-yr DCF upside
+86%
+40%
10-yr DCF upside
+94%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CPA
Why this score
- Durable high returns
- Cyclical growth
DAL
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
- Durable high returns
- Cyclical growth
The companies
CPACopa Holdings, S.A.
Why now
Airlines · market cap $5.9b. 19% off the 52-week high of $160.47. PEG 0.94 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $178.40 (implying +37% upside).
Moat
Net margin 19% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 24% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
DALDelta Air Lines Inc
Why now
Airlines · market cap $54.2b. 14% off the 52-week high of $95.68.
Moat
ROE 19% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $54.2b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where CPA and DAL diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.7 points in favor of CPA. The widest single difference is Value, where CPA leads by 12.3 points.
- ValueCPA 78.4 · DAL 66.1CPA +12.3
- QualityCPA 77.8 · DAL 70.7CPA +7.1
- GrowthCPA 50.0 · DAL 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.