Are Analysts Too Bullish On Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK)

Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE:ALK) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.51M but it saw 1278233 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 8.51B USD, the company’s current market price of $67.02 came falling about -0.86 while comparing to the previous closing price of $67.60. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $67.73 and as low as $32.62. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $66.6877 while lowest mark touched by it was $67.68.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) gives us an average price of $60.16, while its current price level is -1.05% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 105.45% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $53.78 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $43.73. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.74% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.98%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 75.80 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the TD Cowen which reiterated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on December 11, 2024, recommending a price target of between $68 and $78 for it. UBS issued its recommendations for the stock as it resumed the price target for the stock is $72.

Over the week, ALK’s stock price is moving 7.34% up while it is 25.41% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 71.54% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 66.88%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.44 while estimate for next year EPS is 4.33. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $3.14B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $11.76B and seeing the company making $14.67B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $3.49B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Alaska Air Group Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 126.94M with 0.41% of that held by the insiders while 88.31% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 3.26% and return on equity (ROE) at 7.51%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 26.96 while having a 11.44 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.59. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.89 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.79. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.85% on average.