Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK) is -22.87% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $32.62 and a high of $78.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ALK stock was last observed hovering at around $48.65 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.29%.
Currently trading at $49.94, the stock is 10.81% and -3.86% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.71 million and changing 2.65% at the moment leaves the stock -3.63% off its SMA200. ALK registered 16.96% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 4.24%.
The stock witnessed a 12.35% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -33.90%, and is 14.28% 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 5.60% over the week and 6.80% over the month.
Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) has around 33941 employees, a market worth around $6.13B and $12.64B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.14 and Fwd P/E is 7.90. Profit margin for the company is 2.86%. Distance from 52-week low is 53.09% and -36.04% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.73%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -24.59% this year.
Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 122.88M, and float is at 122.13M with Short Float at 4.09%.
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 12.8514% 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 10.8395 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 6.5 million shares representing 5.1486% and valued at over $262.79 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.1468 of the shares totaling 3.98 million with a market value of $160.62 million.
Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by HARRISON ANDREW R, the company’s EVP AND CCO. SEC filings show that HARRISON ANDREW R sold 6,600 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 20 ’25 at a price of $76.28 per share for a total of $0.5 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 34030.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 18 ’25, VON MUEHLEN CONSTANCE E (EVP AND COO) disposed off 22,157 shares at an average price of $75.12 for $1.66 million. The insider now directly holds 20,026 shares of Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK).
