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. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 19th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 18th. 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 issued 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.

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The transportation company reported $2.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.52 by $0.11. The transportation company earned $2.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.38 billion. Alaska Air Group had a return on equity of 18.06% and a net margin of 7.09%. The company's revenue was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $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.

14 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Alaska Air Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's stock price to reach $72.62 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% 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.

Headlines about ALK stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Alaska Air Group.

Alaska Air Group saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 6,610,000 shares, a decrease 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 presently 7.8 days. Approximately 5.4% 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.72%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.24%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Clark Capital Management Group Inc. (0.23%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%) and Reilly Financial Advisors LLC (0.12%). 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, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Institute for Wealth Management LLC., Scout Investments Inc. and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. 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, Empowered Funds LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser 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 $65.34.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $8.05 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]