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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This is an increase from Alaska Air Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. 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 minted shares were payable 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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The transportation company reported $1.46 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 analyst estimates of $2.22 billion. Alaska Air Group had a net margin of 8.76% and a return on equity of 19.58%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.75 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Alaska Air Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's share price to reach $71.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.3% 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 9 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Alaska Air Group.

News headlines about ALK stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a news impact score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Alaska Air Group.

Alaska Air Group saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 6,130,000 shares, a decrease of 9.5% from the January 30th total of 6,770,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.0 days. Approximately 5.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Alaska Air Group's Current Options Chain.

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Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $50.46.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $6.20 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]