Alaska Air Group Inc [NYSE: ALK] stock went on an upward path that rose over 2.15% on Thursday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 3.29%.
Over the last 12 months, ALK stock rose by 97.67%. The one-year Alaska Air Group Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 16.98. The average equity rating for ALK stock is currently 1.39, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $8.74 billion, with 126.94 million shares outstanding and 126.46 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.60M shares, ALK stock reached a trading volume of 6494321 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Alaska Air Group Inc [ALK]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for ALK shares is $82.93 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on ALK stock is a recommendation set at 1.39. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Susquehanna have made an estimate for Alaska Air Group Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Positive, with their previous recommendation back on January 07, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, TD Cowen raised their target price from $68 to $78. The new note on the price target was released on December 11, 2024, representing the official price target for Alaska Air Group Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $50 to $68, while TD Cowen kept a Buy rating on ALK stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Alaska Air Group Inc is set at 2.24, with the Price to Sales ratio for ALK stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.74. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.94, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 19.73. Price to Free Cash Flow for ALK in the course of the last twelve months was 47.76 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.58.
ALK Stock Performance Analysis:
Alaska Air Group Inc [ALK] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 3.29. With this latest performance, ALK shares gained by 5.97% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 80.90% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 97.67% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for ALK stock in for the last two-week period is set at 63.71, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 62.68, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 64.81 for Alaska Air Group Inc [ALK]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 60.28, while it was recorded at 67.78 for the last single week of trading, and 45.94 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Alaska Air Group Inc Fundamentals:
Alaska Air Group Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.58 and a Current Ratio set at 0.61.
Alaska Air Group Inc [ALK] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $88.70%, or 89.06%% of ALK stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of ALK stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 16.24 million shares, which is approximately 12.8889%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 13.69 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$553.25 million in ALK stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$262.79 million in ALK stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1636%.
