Alaska Air Group
ALK NYSE· Passenger Airlines
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$35.91
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Alaska Air Group had $14.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 21.3% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +31.9% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 2.1%, down 2.7 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 2 is left after running the business.
- Alaska Air Group made $100M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew −20.3% a year.
- Free cash flow was $940M in fiscal 2025, 6.6% of revenue.
- Alaska Air Group returned $570M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 61% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 6.6%.
- Alaska Air Group owes $3.4B more than it holds in cash, about 3.1 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$4.0B
P/E
—
Revenue
$14.2B
Net income
$100M
Free cash flow
$940M
Operating margin
2.1%
Alaska Air Group in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+21.3%
Yes. Sales grew 21.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
0.7%
A little. It keeps 0.7% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
6.6%
Partly. 6.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
3.1x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 3.1 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 8
Mixed. It passes 5 of 8 health tests.
What Alaska Air Group does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 12, 2026
- Legal name
- ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.
- CIK
- 0000766421
Alaska Air Group · ALK
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $6.2B | $9.6B | $10.4B | $11.7B | $14.2B |
| Revenue growth | 73.2% | 56.2% | 8.1% | 12.6% | 21.3% |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 0.7% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 2.1% |
| Net income | $478M | $58.0M | $235M | $395M | $100M |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 0.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.77 | $0.45 | $1.83 | $3.08 | $0.83 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $1.0B | $1.4B | $1.1B | $1.5B | $1.2B |
| Capital expenditure | $292M | $1.7B | $1.5B | $293M | $309M |
| Free cash flow | $738M | −$253M | −$444M | $1.2B | $940M |
| FCF margin | 12.0% | −2.6% | −4.3% | 10.0% | 6.6% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $137M | $312M | $570M |
| Share count change | 2.7% | 0.9% | 0.6% | −0.3% | −6.6% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $3.1B | $2.4B | $1.8B | $2.5B | $2.1B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.5B | $2.2B | $2.5B | $5.0B | $5.6B |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.8B | $3.8B | $4.1B | $4.4B | $4.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.5x | −0.5x | 0.9x | 2.2x | 3.1x |
| Current ratio | 1.0x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.5x |
| Interest coverage | 5.4x | 0.7x | 3.3x | 3.3x | 1.1x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 16.4% | 1.5% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 14.1% | 1.5% | 5.9% | 9.3% | 2.4% |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$1.0M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$3.5M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Alaska Air Group · ALK
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Air Group ALK | $4.0B | 21.3% | 2.1% | 6.6% | 2.9% | — | 5 |
| JetBlue JBLU | $1.1B | −2.3% | −4.1% | −12.9% | −3.6% | — | 3 |
| Southwest Airlines LUV | $21.5B | 2.1% | 1.5% | −3.0% | 3.7% | 21.2x | 7 |
| American Airlines Group AAL | $8.4B | 0.8% | 2.7% | −1.2% | 5.7% | — | 5 |
| United Airlines UAL | $34.3B | 3.5% | 8.0% | 4.3% | 15.3% | 9.6x | 6 |
KIRA
At $35.91 a share, the company is worth $4.0B.
Alaska Air Group grew sales faster than 4 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000766421). Data updated October 12, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.