Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $50.11, with 3.67 million shares of worth about $183.9 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -5.15% during that period and on May 22, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.68%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 122.88M shares, out of which, 120.74M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -5.42% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 8.67%. Year-to-date (YTD), ALK shares are showing a performance of -22.61% which increased to 14.17% 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 3.83 million. The stock is currently trading 0.94% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 2.12% for SMA50 and it goes to -4.96% lower than SMA200.
Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK) currently have 122.88M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 92.40% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $6.08B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.43. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.21, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.75 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.93 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 2.59% while standing at 2.59% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -24.59% while it is estimated to increase by 72.17% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 19.48% 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 TD Cowen on April 25, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $54 and $62 to it. Coverage by UBS stated Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on April 07, 2025, suggesting a price target of $54 for the stock. On January 24, 2025, TD Cowen Reiterated their recommendations, while on January 07, 2025, Susquehanna Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $95. Stock get a Buy rating from TD Cowen on December 11, 2024.
