Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) plunged -5.10 in the last month: It’s impossible to believe the numbers

Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK) kicked off on Tuesday, down -5.10% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $55.15. Over the past 52 weeks, ALK has traded in a range of $32.62-$78.08.

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A company in the Industrials sector has jumped its sales by 18.13% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 20.70%. With a float of $122.47 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $123.12 million.

In an organization with 33941 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 20.14%, operating margin of 6.43%, and the pretax margin is 4.64%.

Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) Insider Updates

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Airlines Industry. The insider ownership of Alaska Air Group Inc is 0.49%, while institutional ownership is 91.07%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 20 ’25, was worth 503,448. In this transaction EVP AND CCO of this company sold 6,600 shares at a rate of $76.28, taking the stock ownership to the 34,030 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 20 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 6,600 for $76.28, making the entire transaction worth $503,448.

Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.88 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 20.70% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 26.95% during the next five years compared to -13.04% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Alaska Air Group Inc’s (ALK) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.58. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.55. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 35.20.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.05, a number that is poised to hit -0.68 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.68 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 3.15 million. That was better than the volume of 2.97 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 16.53%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.20.

During the past 100 days, Alaska Air Group Inc’s (ALK) raw stochastic average was set at 21.69%, which indicates a significant increase from 5.27% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 53.38% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 44.15% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $68.03, while its 200-day Moving Average is $50.61. However, in the short run, Alaska Air Group Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $53.83. Second resistance stands at $55.32. The third major resistance level sits at $56.34. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $51.32, it is likely to go to the next support level at $50.30. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $48.81.

Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 6.44 billion has total of 123,078K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 11,735 M in contrast with the sum of 395,000 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,534 M and last quarter income was 71,000 K.