NYSE:ALKAlaska Air Group Stock Price, Forecast & 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 shares have decreased by 17.5% and is now trading at $37.68.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alaska Air Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 9 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 Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 23rd. The transportation company reported ($3.54) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($3.39) by $0.15. The transportation company had revenue of $421 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $336.31 million. Alaska Air Group had a net margin of 0.85% and a negative return on equity of 0.83%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 81.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.17 EPS.
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Alaska Air Group announced 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 dividend yield of 3.98%. 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 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.

13 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Alaska Air Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Alaska Air Group's share price to reach $51.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.4% from the stock's current price.
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Press coverage about ALK stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a media sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.
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Alaska Air Group saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,850,000 shares, a drop of 17.7% from the May 31st total of 4,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,980,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 3.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.55%), FMR LLC (2.48%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.69%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.17%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.16%) and U S Global Investors Inc. (1.03%). 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, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Par Capital Management Inc., Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, TD Asset Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Advisor Group Holdings Inc., and FMR LLC. Company insiders that have sold Alaska Air Group company stock in the last year include Andrea L Schneider, Andrew R Harrison, Brandon Pedersen, Helvi Kay Sandvik, and Shane R Tackett.
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ALK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including U S Global Investors Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Baird Financial Group Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Duality Advisers LP, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, and Towle & Co.. Company insiders that have bought Alaska Air Group stock in the last two years include Christopher Michael Berry, and Helvi Kay Sandvik.
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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 $37.68.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $4.66 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.

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]