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Alaska Air Group

NYQ:ALK · US0116591092
AirlinesLarge

360

39
EV / EBIT1
Price / Owner Earnings73
Owner Earnings Yield1
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales87
EV / Gross Profit84
Price/Book82
Return on Capital18
Cash Return on Capital6
Return on Equity4
EBIT Margin13
Gross Profitability54
Cash Conversion98
Accruals45
Owner Earnings Margin16
Sales growth71
Profit Growth8
Long-Term EPS Growth99
Reinvestment32
Price momentum10
Debt load26
Refinancing9
Debt Payback1
Liquidity29
Analyst ratings81
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside82
Market mood51
Value Creation4/20not creating value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Alaska Air Group doesn't consistently earn more than its cost of capital, so it isn't yet creating shareholder value.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryAirlines
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1985
ISINUS0116591092
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
S&P MIDCAP (USA)
Themes
Passenger Aircraft ManufacturingFreight ServiceBusiness TravelVacation RentalTourismTravel AccommodationsAerospaceTravel

Description

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (‘Air Group’), together with its primary subsidiaries, operates airlines. Air Group operated three airlines: Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska), Horizon Air Industries, Inc. (Horizon), and Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (Hawaiian), throu…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Alaska Air Group, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

Valuation data is not available for this company.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 4/20 on our value-creation score: not creating value. Analysts lean positive.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
48
2023202420252026

All-time high

89

Jan 2025

All-time low

34

Jan 2023

Average rank

57

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
87
60
73
59
Price/Earnings
100
73
85
69
Price/Book
82
61
70
57
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
86
49
72
51

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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