Alaska Air Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

Alaska Air Group's stock was trading at $45.70 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ALK shares have increased by 10.5% and is now trading at $50.49.
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14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alaska Air Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Alaska Air Group stock.
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372 employees have rated Alaska Air Group CEO Bradley D. Tilden on Glassdoor.com. Bradley D. Tilden has an approval rating of 86% among Alaska Air Group's employees.

Alaska Air Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 4th 2021.
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Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 25th. The transportation company reported ($2.55) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($2.91) by $0.36. The transportation company had revenue of $808 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $813.37 million. Alaska Air Group had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.39% and a negative net margin of 13.96%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 63.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.46 EPS.
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Shares of Alaska Air Group split on Thursday, July 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 12th 2014. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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 updated its first quarter 2021 IntraDay earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $572.6-654.4 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $899.99 million.

14 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Alaska Air Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Alaska Air Group's share price to reach $52.93 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price.
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Alaska Air Group saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,150,000 shares, an increase of 30.4% from the December 15th total of 3,950,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 4.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Alaska Air Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ALK."

Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.44%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.37%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (0.09%), O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc. (0.06%) and Strs Ohio (0.04%). Company insiders that own Alaska Air Group stock include Andrea L Schneider, Andrew R Harrison, Benito Minicucci, Brandon Pedersen, Chalmers David, Christopher Michael Berry, Helvi Kay Sandvik, Jessie J Knight Jr, Joseph A Sprague, Kyle B Levine and Shane R Tackett.
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ALK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Scout Investments Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc., Avantax Advisory Services Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Alaska Air Group company stock in the last year include Andrew R Harrison, Benito Minicucci, Christopher Michael Berry, Helvi Kay Sandvik, Joseph A Sprague, and Shane R Tackett.
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ALK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Renaissance Investment Group LLC, Cypress Capital Group, Cypress Wealth Services LLC, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Nwam LLC, Unison Advisors LLC, and Raymond James Trust N.A.. Company insiders that have bought Alaska Air Group stock in the last two years include Christopher Michael Berry, Helvi Kay Sandvik, and Jessie J Knight Jr.
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Shares of ALK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ALK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.49.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $6.24 billion and generates $8.78 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $769 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.42 on an earnings per share basis. Alaska Air Group employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Alaska Air Group is 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]