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 Tuesday, January 28th. Investors 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 2.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This is a boost from Alaska Air Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. View Alaska Air Group's Dividend History.

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 distributed 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The transportation company reported $1.46 earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $2.22 billion. Alaska Air Group had a return on equity of 19.58% and a net margin of 8.76%. Alaska Air Group's revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Alaska Air Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect Alaska Air Group's stock price to reach $71.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.6% 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.

Media headlines about ALK stock have trended very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 coverage optimism score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely 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 decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 6,130,000 shares, a decline of 9.5% from the January 30th total of 6,770,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.0 days. Currently, 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 bought 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 $52.96.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $6.51 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]