Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK) is 61.76% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $32.62 and a high of $65.62 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The ALK stock was last observed hovering at around $63.40 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.2%.
Currently trading at $63.20, the stock is 12.35% and 23.59% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.47 million and changing -0.32% at the moment leaves the stock 47.43% off its SMA200. ALK registered 62.26% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 52.25%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $50.7216 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $42.7364.
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The stock witnessed a 17.12% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 58.95%, and is 3.12% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.14% over the week and 2.78% over the month.
Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) has around 26043 employees, a market worth around $8.02B and $10.75B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.42 and Fwd P/E is 10.78. Profit margin for the company is 2.99%. Distance from 52-week low is 93.74% and -3.69% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.26%).
with sales reaching $3.49B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -4.51% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 36.54% in year-over-year returns.
Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) Top Institutional Holders
594.0 institutions hold shares in Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK), with institutional investors hold 88.68% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 126.94M, and float is at 126.41M with Short Float at 7.25%. Institutions hold 88.31% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 16.24 million shares valued at $655.94 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.8889% of the ALK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 13.69 million shares valued at $553.25 million to account for 10.871 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 6.5 million shares representing 5.1636% and valued at over $262.79 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.156 of the shares totaling 3.98 million with a market value of $160.62 million.
Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) Insider Activity
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Alaska Air Group Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 13 ’24 that VON MUEHLEN CONSTANCE E (EVP AND COO) sold a total of 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 13 ’24 and was made at $63.09 per share for $0.25 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 12162.0 shares of the ALK stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 12 ’24, MINICUCCI BENITO (CEO AND PRESIDENT) disposed off 30,000 shares at an average price of $65.07 for $1.95 million. The insider now directly holds 111,244 shares of Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK).
