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

Alaska Air Group's stock was trading at $45.70 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ALK stock has decreased by 43.5% and is now trading at $25.84. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

Alaska Air Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Alaska Air Group.

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) released its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The transportation company reported $1.46 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $2.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.22 billion. Alaska Air Group had a net margin of 8.76% and a return on equity of 19.58%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.75 EPS. View Alaska Air Group's earnings history.

Alaska Air Group announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a dividend of $0.375 per share on Thursday, March 5th. This represents a $1.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This is an increase from Alaska Air Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. View Alaska Air Group's dividend history.

Alaska Air Group shares split on the morning of Thursday, July 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 12th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable 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.

14 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Alaska Air Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's share price to reach $63.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 145.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Alaska Air Group.

Headlines about ALK stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage 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 company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutAlaska Air Group.

Alaska Air Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,690,300 shares, an increase of 19.3% from the February 27th total of 4,770,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,530,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Alaska Air Group's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of ALK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.84.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $3.18 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. 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]