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ALK vs. AAL, ALGT, JBLU, SKYW, UAL, BA, DAL, LUV, CPA, and JOBY

Should you be buying Alaska Air Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alaska Air Group include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Boeing (BA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Copa (CPA), and Joby Aviation (JOBY).

Alaska Air Group vs. Its Competitors

Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 5 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for American Airlines Group and 9 mentions for Alaska Air Group. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Alaska Air Group's score of 0.38 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alaska Air Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Airlines Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Air Group. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Air Group$11.74B0.47$395M$2.4619.32
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.8014.98

Alaska Air Group has a net margin of 2.33% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. Alaska Air Group's return on equity of 12.62% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alaska Air Group2.33% 12.62% 2.70%
American Airlines Group 1.05%-24.55%1.68%

81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Alaska Air Group currently has a consensus price target of $71.62, suggesting a potential upside of 50.70%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $16.59, suggesting a potential upside of 38.39%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than American Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alaska Air Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Summary

Alaska Air Group beats American Airlines Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ALK vs. The Competition

MetricAlaska Air GroupTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.46B$7.78B$7.17B$21.74B
Dividend YieldN/A4,100.73%471.67%3.59%
P/E Ratio19.2513.7415.2132.62
Price / Sales0.474,065.45746.5781.85
Price / Cash5.135.197.8624.53
Price / Book1.382.792.434.60
Net Income$395M$587.12M$558.45M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.55%2.09%1.94%1.45%
1 Month Performance-18.78%1.08%-1.00%-0.28%
1 Year Performance4.10%49.15%4.35%10.98%

Alaska Air Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.6838 of 5 stars
$47.52
-0.5%
$71.62
+50.7%
+3.1%$5.46B$11.74B19.2533,941
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.2737 of 5 stars
$11.83
+2.2%
$16.59
+40.2%
-7.8%$7.81B$54.21B14.79133,300Upcoming Earnings
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
3.8544 of 5 stars
$63.92
+1.8%
$70.56
+10.4%
+5.2%$1.17B$2.51B-4.015,991
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
3.1204 of 5 stars
$4.88
+1.0%
$5.28
+8.1%
-33.0%$1.77B$9.14B-4.4422,793
SKYW
SkyWest
4.5815 of 5 stars
$100.34
+0.3%
$126.75
+26.3%
+4.4%$4.05B$3.84B10.2114,610
UAL
United Airlines
4.7957 of 5 stars
$97.07
+1.8%
$120.64
+24.3%
+36.3%$31.42B$57.06B9.73107,300Trending News
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Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
BA
Boeing
4.0695 of 5 stars
$219.62
+1.5%
$233.91
+6.5%
+36.9%$166.07B$66.52B-13.30172,000Analyst Revision
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.8652 of 5 stars
$58.30
+1.8%
$67.84
+16.4%
+7.4%$38.07B$61.64B8.45100,000Analyst Forecast
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.3117 of 5 stars
$32.55
+0.1%
$33.38
+2.5%
+7.8%$17.09B$27.48B49.3272,450Upcoming Earnings
CPA
Copa
4.7872 of 5 stars
$121.00
+0.3%
$155.33
+28.4%
+22.1%$4.98B$3.44B7.877,909
JOBY
Joby Aviation
1.1766 of 5 stars
$19.58
+7.2%
$10.50
-46.4%
+188.7%$16.76B$140K-18.302,029Analyst Downgrade
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This page (NYSE:ALK) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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