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 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 annualized dividend and a 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.

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 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, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The transportation company reported $1.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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 return on equity of 19.58% and a net margin of 8.76%. The company's revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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 12 month target prices 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.

Media stories about ALK stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 daily sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Alaska Air Group.

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Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (9.49%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.69%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.37%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.27%), State Street Corp (3.12%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (2.69%). 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 Wealth Quarterback LLC, FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Victory Capital Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Smith Asset Management Group LP. 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.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $8.13 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]