Alaska Air Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

Alaska Air Group's stock was trading at $45.70 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ALK stock has increased by 12.8% and is now trading at $51.53.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alaska Air Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 10 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 Tuesday, January 26th 2021.
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Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 22nd. The transportation company reported ($3.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($2.94) by $0.29. The transportation company had revenue of $701 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $685.94 million. Alaska Air Group had a negative net margin of 13.96% and a negative return on equity of 19.39%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 70.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.63 earnings per share.
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Alaska Air Group announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Investors 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 2.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 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.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Alaska Air Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Alaska Air Group's share price to reach $50.60 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%.
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Alaska Air Group saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,950,000 shares, an increase of 23.4% from the October 31st total of 3,200,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,410,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 3.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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 BlackRock Inc. (6.69%), State Street Corp (3.26%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.73%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.11%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.90%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.74%). 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, Jessie J Knight Jr, Joseph A Sprague, 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Principal Financial Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Victory Capital Management Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Alaska Air Group company stock in the last year include Andrew R Harrison, Helvi Kay Sandvik, Joseph A Sprague, and Shane R Tackett.
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ALK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Royce & Associates LP, Morgan Stanley, Cambiar Investors LLC, State Street Corp, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. Company insiders that have bought Alaska Air Group stock in the last two years include Christopher Michael Berry, Helvi Kay Sandvik, and Jessie J Knight Jr.
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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 $51.53.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $6.37 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 18,112 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]