Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $41.51, with 11.15 million shares of worth about $462.74 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -9.84% during that period and on April 24, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -9.98%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 122.88M shares, out of which, 122.15M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -7.03% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -22.89%. Year-to-date (YTD), ALK shares are showing a performance of -35.89% which decreased to -8.83% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $32.62 but also hit the highest price of $78.08 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Alaska Air Group Inc shares is 3.46 million. The stock is currently trading -10.24% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -26.56% for SMA50 and it goes to -19.46% lower than SMA200.
Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK) currently have 122.88M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 91.82% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $5.10B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.40. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 15.08, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.75 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.72 and has Quick Ratio of 0.52 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for ALK, volatility over the week remained 4.78% while standing at 6.80% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -6.31% while it is estimated to increase by 46.09% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 20.91% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -13.04% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by UBS on April 07, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $54 to it. Coverage by TD Cowen stated Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on January 24, 2025, suggesting a price target of $110 for the stock. On January 07, 2025, Susquehanna Upgrade their recommendations, while on December 11, 2024, TD Cowen Reiterated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $78. Stock get a Buy rating from TD Cowen on December 04, 2024.
