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. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. View Alaska Air Group's Dividend History.

Alaska Air Group shares 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 payable 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 earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The transportation company reported $2.63 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.52 by $0.11. The transportation company earned $2.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.38 billion. Alaska Air Group had a return on equity of 18.06% and a net margin of 7.09%. Alaska Air Group's revenue for the quarter was up 8.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.91 earnings per share. View Alaska Air Group's Earnings History.

Alaska Air Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Alaska Air Group.

Alaska Air Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Alaska Air Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's stock price to reach $72.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% 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.

News articles about ALK stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 daily sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Alaska Air Group.

Alaska Air Group saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 6,610,000 shares, a decline of 8.2% from the November 28th total of 7,200,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 846,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.8 days. Currently, 5.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Alaska Air Group's Current Options Chain.

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Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.72%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.24%), Reilly Financial Advisors LLC (0.12%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Centre Asset Management LLC (0.07%) and O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc. (0.06%). 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Scout Investments Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc., O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc., Lake Street Financial LLC and Tealwood Asset Management Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Centre Asset Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Mitchell Mcleod Pugh & Williams Inc., Allred Capital Management LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC and FNY Investment Advisers LLC. 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 $66.34.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $8.17 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]