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 2.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. View Alaska Air Group's Dividend History.

Shares of Alaska Air Group split on the morning of Thursday, July 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 12th 2014. The newly issued shares were distributed 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) released 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 the consensus estimate of $2.22 billion. Alaska Air Group had a net margin of 7.09% and a return on equity of 18.06%. The company's revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.75 EPS. View Alaska Air Group's Earnings History.

14 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Alaska Air Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect Alaska Air Group's stock price to reach $72.62 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.8% 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.

Headlines about ALK stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a news impact score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines 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 few days. View News Stories for Alaska Air Group.

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Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.72%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.24%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Clark Capital Management Group Inc. (0.23%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%) and Reilly Financial Advisors LLC (0.12%). 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, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Institute for Wealth Management LLC., Scout Investments Inc. and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. 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 Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Centre Asset Management LLC, Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors, Empowered Funds LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $65.54.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $8.07 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]