NYSE:ALK - Alaska Air Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Alaska Air Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ALK."

Alaska Air Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Thursday, September 6th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 20th. View Alaska Air Group's Dividend History.

Alaska Air Group's stock split on the morning of Thursday, July 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 12th 2014. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, July 9th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Alaska Air Group stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The transportation company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $0.03. The transportation company had revenue of $2.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.16 billion. Alaska Air Group had a net margin of 10.28% and a return on equity of 16.99%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.48 earnings per share. View Alaska Air Group's Earnings History.

Alaska Air Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Alaska Air Group.

13 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Alaska Air Group's stock. Their predictions range from $62.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's stock price to reach $78.7692 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alaska Air Group.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alaska Air Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings, 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alaska Air Group.

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News articles about ALK stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company an impact score of 45.18 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Alaska Air Group.

Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.55%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.44%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (1.40%), Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC (1.40%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.07%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.06%). Company insiders that own Alaska Air Group stock include Andrew R Harrison, Benito Minicucci, Bradley D Tilden, Brandon Pedersen, Christopher Michael Berry, David L Campbell, Gary L Beck, J Kenneth Thompson, Jessie J Knight Jr, Joseph A Sprague, Katherine J Savitt, Kyle B Levine, Mark G Eliasen and Tamara S Young. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alaska Air Group.

ALK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Voya Investment Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Sit Investment Associates Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Alaska Air Group company stock in the last year include Andrew R Harrison, Brandon Pedersen, Christopher Michael Berry, David L Campbell, Gary L Beck and Kyle B Levine. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alaska Air Group.

ALK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, American Century Companies Inc. and Scout Investments Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alaska Air Group.

Shares of ALK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ALK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.59.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $8.00 billion and generates $7.93 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $1.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.64 on an earnings per share basis. Alaska Air Group employs 23,156 workers across the globe.

Alaska Air Group's mailing address is 19300 INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD, SEATTLE WA, 98188. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 206-392-5040 or via email at [email protected]