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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.375 per share on Thursday, March 5th. This represents a $1.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This is a positive change 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 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) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The transportation company reported $1.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.05. The transportation company had revenue of $2.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.22 billion. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.75 earnings per share. View Alaska Air Group's Earnings History.

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

13 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Alaska Air Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's stock price to reach $72.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% 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 7 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.

News stories about ALK stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Alaska Air Group.

Some companies that are related to Alaska Air Group include Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Copa (CPA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Hawaiian (HA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SkyWest (SKYW), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and United Continental (UAL).

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Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.69%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.37%), State Street Corp (3.12%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.69%), FMR LLC (2.07%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.67%). 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 Strs Ohio, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., State Street Corp, Raymond James & Associates, New York State Common Retirement Fund and Schroder Investment Management Group. Company insiders that have sold Alaska Air Group company stock in the last year include Andrea L Schneider, Andrew R Harrison, Brandon Pedersen, Kyle B Levine and Shane R Tackett. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alaska Air Group.

ALK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Smith Asset Management Group LP, AQR Capital Management LLC and TD Asset Management 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 $66.11.