Alaska Air Group Valuation

Is ALK undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ALK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ALK ($44.55) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($35.45)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ALK is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ALK?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

ALK key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA5.7x
PEG Ratio0.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ALK's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ALK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.7x
AAL American Airlines Group
18.5x31.8%US$9.3b
CPA Copa Holdings
8.1x13.8%US$4.2b
UAL United Airlines Holdings
6.5x9.1%US$17.6b
LUV Southwest Airlines
41.5x28.8%US$16.3b
ALK Alaska Air Group
22.9x40.7%US$5.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ALK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.9x) compared to the peer average (18.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ALK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Airlines Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ALK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.9x) compared to the Global Airlines industry average (8.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ALK's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ALK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22.9x
Fair PE Ratio27.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ALK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ALK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$44.55
US$55.60
+24.8%
16.0%US$75.00US$42.00n/a10
Apr ’25US$43.07
US$50.82
+18.0%
15.8%US$70.00US$40.00n/a11
Mar ’25US$37.00
US$50.36
+36.1%
16.4%US$70.00US$40.00n/a11
Feb ’25US$36.26
US$49.73
+37.1%
17.0%US$70.00US$40.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$39.07
US$50.09
+28.2%
17.8%US$70.00US$39.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$39.73
US$50.46
+27.0%
17.3%US$70.00US$39.00n/a13
Nov ’24US$31.08
US$51.46
+65.6%
16.6%US$70.00US$39.00n/a13
Oct ’24US$37.08
US$62.85
+69.5%
13.8%US$75.00US$50.00n/a13
Sep ’24US$41.78
US$65.00
+55.6%
10.5%US$75.00US$55.00n/a13
Aug ’24US$47.90
US$66.08
+37.9%
8.7%US$75.00US$58.00n/a13
Jul ’24US$53.18
US$65.35
+22.9%
9.9%US$75.00US$55.00n/a13
Jun ’24US$44.84
US$64.65
+44.2%
9.7%US$75.00US$55.00n/a13
May ’24US$43.49
US$66.04
+51.8%
14.4%US$91.00US$55.00n/a13
Apr ’24US$41.96
US$65.65
+56.5%
14.1%US$91.00US$58.50US$43.0713
Mar ’24US$48.22
US$65.27
+35.4%
14.8%US$91.00US$54.00US$37.0013
Feb ’24US$51.84
US$64.73
+24.9%
15.6%US$91.00US$54.00US$36.2613
Jan ’24US$42.94
US$60.82
+41.6%
19.5%US$90.00US$45.00US$39.0714
Dec ’23US$47.41
US$61.58
+29.9%
22.3%US$95.00US$45.00US$39.7312
Nov ’23US$44.52
US$61.83
+38.9%
22.1%US$95.00US$45.00US$31.0812
Oct ’23US$39.15
US$63.92
+63.3%
23.0%US$95.00US$45.00US$37.0812
Sep ’23US$43.69
US$65.00
+48.8%
22.9%US$98.00US$45.00US$41.7812
Aug ’23US$45.24
US$65.73
+45.3%
23.4%US$98.00US$45.00US$47.9011
Jul ’23US$41.17
US$73.64
+78.9%
17.2%US$103.00US$58.00US$53.1811
Jun ’23US$46.57
US$77.07
+65.5%
12.6%US$103.00US$61.00US$44.8414
May ’23US$54.39
US$77.07
+41.7%
12.6%US$103.00US$61.00US$43.4914
Apr ’23US$57.95
US$75.50
+30.3%
12.5%US$99.00US$61.00US$41.9614

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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