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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 2.30%. 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 shares split on Thursday, July 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 12th 2014. The newly created 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 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.05. The transportation company had revenue of $2.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.22 billion. Alaska Air Group had a net margin of 8.76% and a return on equity of 19.58%. The business's revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.75 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 12 month 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 share price to reach $72.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.9% 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 7 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.

News headlines about ALK stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alaska Air Group earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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.

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Alaska Air Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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 $65.17.

Alaska Air Group has a market capitalization of $8.01 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]