NYSE:ALKAlaska 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 shares have decreased by 14.7% and is now trading at $38.98.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alaska Air Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Alaska Air Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The transportation company reported ($3.54) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($3.39) by $0.15. The transportation company earned $421 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $336.31 million. Alaska Air Group had a negative return on equity of 0.83% and a net margin of 0.85%. The business's revenue was down 81.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.17 earnings per share.
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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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.85%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This is a positive change from Alaska Air Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35.
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Alaska Air Group's stock 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 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.

13 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Alaska Air Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's share price to reach $51.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.8% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about ALK stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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Alaska Air Group saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,060,000 shares, a decrease of 17.5% from the January 31st total of 6,130,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,140,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.4 days. Currently, 4.1% of the shares of the stock 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.69%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.16%), MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.64%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.50%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.49%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.46%). Company insiders that own Alaska Air Group stock include Andrea L Schneider, Andrew R Harrison, Brandon Pedersen, Chalmers David, Christopher Michael Berry, Helvi Kay Sandvik, J Kenneth Thompson, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., UBS Group AG, D.A. Davidson & CO., Raymond James & Associates, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Alaska Air Group company stock in the last year include Andrea L Schneider, Andrew R Harrison, Brandon Pedersen, Helvi Kay Sandvik, and Shane R Tackett.
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ALK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Duality Advisers LP, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Miracle Mile Advisors LLC, O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc., and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have bought Alaska Air Group stock in the last two years include Christopher Michael Berry, and Helvi Kay Sandvik.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ALK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.98.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $4.82 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]