Head-To-Head Review: Corporacion America Airports (CAAP) & Its Peers

Corporacion America Airports (NYSE:CAAP) is one of 39 public companies in the “TRANS – AIRLINE” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Corporacion America Airports to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Corporacion America Airports and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corporacion America Airports	7.84%	9.33%	3.31%
Corporacion America Airports Competitors	-15,964.13%	18.97%	2.33%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Corporacion America Airports and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corporacion America Airports	0	0	3	0	3.00
Corporacion America Airports Competitors	774	2116	3176	200	2.45

Corporacion America Airports presently has a consensus price target of $23.03, indicating a potential upside of 16.04%. As a group, “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies have a potential upside of 24.31%. Given Corporacion America Airports’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Corporacion America Airports has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.0% of Corporacion America Airports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of shares of all “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of shares of all “TRANS – AIRLINE” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Corporacion America Airports has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corporacion America Airports’ peers have a beta of 9.05, meaning that their average stock price is 805% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Corporacion America Airports and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corporacion America Airports	$1.84 billion	$282.67 million	23.08
Corporacion America Airports Competitors	$14.20 billion	$563.98 million	1.78

Corporacion America Airports’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Corporacion America Airports. Corporacion America Airports is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Corporacion America Airports peers beat Corporacion America Airports on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Corporacion America Airports

Corporación América Airports S.A., through its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, and operates airport concessions. It operates 52 airports in Latin America, Europe, and Eurasia. The company was formerly known as A.C.I. Airports International S.à r.l. and changed its name to Corporación América Airports S.A. in September 2017. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Corporación América Airports S.A. is a subsidiary of A.C.I. Airports S.à r.l.