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

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

Alaska Air Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. View Alaska Air Group's Dividend History.

Shares of Alaska Air Group split before market open on Thursday, July 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 12th 2014. The newly created shares were distributed 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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The transportation company reported $2.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.52 by $0.11. The transportation company earned $2.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.38 billion. Alaska Air Group had a return on equity of 18.06% and a net margin of 7.09%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 8.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.91 earnings per share. View Alaska Air Group's Earnings History.

Alaska Air Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Alaska Air Group.

14 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Alaska Air Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's share price to reach $72.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alaska Air Group.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alaska Air Group in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alaska Air Group.

Media coverage about ALK stock has been trending neutral recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a news impact score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Alaska Air Group.

Alaska Air Group saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,630,000 shares, an increase of 84.3% from the October 31st total of 4,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 909,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.4 days. Currently, 6.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Alaska Air Group's Current Options Chain.

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Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.22%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.70%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.50%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.75%), State of Tennessee Treasury Department (0.55%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.50%). Company insiders that own Alaska Air Group stock include Andrea L Schneider, Andrew R Harrison, Brandon Pedersen, Chalmers David, Christopher Michael Berry, Gary L Beck, J Kenneth Thompson, Kyle B Levine and Shane R Tackett. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alaska Air Group.

ALK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Scout Investments Inc., Strs Ohio, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., First Quadrant L P CA, Mackay Shields LLC, State Street Corp and Maverick Capital Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Alaska Air Group company stock in the last year include Andrea L Schneider, Andrew R Harrison, Brandon Pedersen, Christopher Michael Berry, Kyle B Levine and Shane R Tackett. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alaska Air Group.

ALK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Millennium Management LLC, Man Group plc, Twin Capital Management Inc., Voya Investment Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Winmill & CO. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ALK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.41.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $8.30 billion and generates $8.26 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $437 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.46 on an earnings per share basis. Alaska Air Group employs 23,376 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Alaska Air Group.

The official website for Alaska Air Group is http://www.alaskaair.com/.

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]