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As of close of business last night, Alaska Air Group Inc’s stock clocked out at $48.67, down -2.62% from its previous closing price of $49.98. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.62 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.85 million shares were traded. ALK stock price reached its highest trading level at $49.55 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $48.21.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of ALK’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.49 and its Current Ratio is at 0.52. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.61 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.42.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, Citigroup on December 04, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $61.
On November 03, 2025, TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $61 to $65.
UBS Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on September 12, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $90.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 18 ’25 when LEVINE KYLE B sold 5,914 shares for $57.75 per share. The transaction valued at 341,534 led to the insider holds 20,917 shares of the business.
LEVINE KYLE B bought 5,914 shares of ALK for $341,533 on Aug 18 ’25. On Aug 13 ’25, another insider, TACKETT SHANE R, who serves as the EVP AND CFO of the company, sold 5,000 shares for $57.06 each. As a result, the insider received 285,315 and left with 43,335 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ALK now has a Market Capitalization of 5645165568 and an Enterprise Value of 9844165632. As of this moment, Alaska’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 39.05, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.68. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.43. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.39. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.696 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.368.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ALK is 1.21, which has changed by -0.25889677 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19226205 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ALK has reached a high of $78.08, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $37.63. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.18%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.98%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that ALK traded 3.37M shares on average per day over the past three months and 2537780 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 115.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 115.39M. Insiders hold about 0.52% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.33% stake in the company. Shares short for ALK as of 1767139200 were 7365381 with a Short Ratio of 2.18, compared to 1764288000 on 7827126. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7365381 and a Short% of Float of 8.66.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.95. The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for ALK, which recently paid a dividend on 2020-02-14 with an ex-dividend date of 2020-02-14. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-07-10 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The dynamic stock of Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) is currently attracting attention from 14.0 analysts actively involved in rating its market status.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.66, with high estimates of -$0.33 and low estimates of -$1.22.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.2 and $2.08 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.14. EPS for the following year is $5.62, with 15.0 analysts recommending between $6.33 and $4.8.
Revenue Estimates
In. The current quarter, 12 analysts expect revenue to total $3.64B. It ranges from a high estimate of $3.65B to a low estimate of $3.62B. As of. The current estimate, Alaska Air Group Inc’s year-ago sales were $3.53BFor the next quarter, 12 analysts are estimating revenue of $3.3B. There is a high estimate of $3.34B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $3.28B.
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ALK’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $14.25B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $14.23B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $14.24B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $11.73BBased on 12 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $15.32B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $15.59B and the low estimate is $15.13B.
