Alaska Air Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • 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 ($53.14) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($97.48)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ALK is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As ALK is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ALK. This is calculated by dividing ALK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ALK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.9x
EarningsUS$322.00m
Market CapUS$6.74b

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 Average17.6x
AAL American Airlines Group
34.6x39.5%US$9.4b
SKYW SkyWest
18.1x15.8%US$4.4b
CPA Copa Holdings
6.5x6.1%US$4.4b
UAL United Airlines Holdings
11.3x11.6%US$31.0b
ALK Alaska Air Group
20.9x29.3%US$6.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ALK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x) compared to the peer average (17.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ALK 20.9xIndustry Avg. 10.2xNo. of Companies9PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ALK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x) compared to the Global Airlines industry average (10.2x).


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 Ratio20.9x
Fair PE Ratio21.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ALK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.4x).


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$53.14
US$59.77
+12.5%
14.9%US$80.00US$45.00n/a14
Nov ’25US$49.23
US$55.75
+13.3%
10.8%US$70.00US$45.00n/a13
Oct ’25US$45.11
US$53.32
+18.2%
13.6%US$70.00US$40.00n/a12
Sep ’25US$36.11
US$51.82
+43.5%
14.9%US$70.00US$40.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$36.34
US$52.07
+43.3%
14.7%US$70.00US$40.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$40.09
US$55.48
+38.4%
14.5%US$75.00US$42.00n/a12
Jun ’25US$42.02
US$55.73
+32.6%
14.9%US$75.00US$42.00n/a11
May ’25US$42.18
US$55.60
+31.8%
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$39.00US$49.2313
Oct ’24US$37.08
US$62.85
+69.5%
13.8%US$75.00US$50.00US$45.1113
Sep ’24US$41.78
US$65.00
+55.6%
10.5%US$75.00US$55.00US$36.1113
Aug ’24US$47.90
US$66.08
+37.9%
8.7%US$75.00US$58.00US$36.3413
Jul ’24US$53.18
US$65.35
+22.9%
9.9%US$75.00US$55.00US$40.0913
Jun ’24US$44.84
US$64.65
+44.2%
9.7%US$75.00US$55.00US$42.0213
May ’24US$43.49
US$66.04
+51.8%
14.4%US$91.00US$55.00US$42.1813
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

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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