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Alaska Air Group (Alaska Air Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 6.00% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Alaska Air Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,953 Mil. Alaska Air Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $417 Mil. Alaska Air Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.00%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alaska Air Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

ALK' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22.58   Med: 10.3   Max: 23.3
Current: 5.81

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Alaska Air Group was 23.30%. The lowest was -22.58%. And the median was 10.30%.

ALK's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
58.37% of 1004 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.925 vs ALK: 5.81

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Alaska Air Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Alaska Air Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alaska Air Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Alaska Air Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.76 -21.46 9.91 2.53 6.00

Alaska Air Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.53 2.65 3.82 6.90 6.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Airlines subindustry, Alaska Air Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Alaska Air Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Alaska Air Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alaska Air Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Alaska Air Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Alaska Air Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=417/6953.3363
=6.00 %

Alaska Air Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $417 Mil.



Alaska Air Group  (NYSE:ALK) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Alaska Air Group (Alaska Air Group) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
19300 International Boulevard, Seattle, WA, USA, 98188
Alaska Air Group Inc operates two airlines, Alaska and Horizon in three operating segments. The Mainline segment includes scheduled air transportation on Alaska's Boeing and Airbus jet aircraft for passengers and cargo throughout the U.S., and in parts of Mexico, and Costa Rica. The Regional segment includes Horizon's and other third-party carriers' scheduled air transportation for passengers across a shorter distance network within the U.S. and Canada under capacity purchase agreements (CPA). The Horizon segment includes the capacity sold to Alaska under a CPA. It earns revenues from Passenger tickets, including ticket breakage and net of taxes and fees, Passenger ancillary and Mileage Plan passenger revenue.
Executives
Benito Minicucci officer: EXEC VP/OPS AND COO C/O ALASKA AIRLINES, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD SO, SEATTLE WA 98188
Jason M Berry officer: President, Horizon Air C/O ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD., SEATTLE WA 98188
J Kenneth Thompson director ALASKA AIR GROUP, 19300 PACIFIC HIGHWAY SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98188
Andrea L Schneider officer: VP PEOPLE ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
Andrew R Harrison officer: VP/PLNG & REV MGMT C/O ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
Shane R Tackett officer: SR VP REV/E-COMMERCE C/O ALASKA AIRLINES, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
Dhiren R. Fonseca director C/O NORTHWEST RETAIL PARTNERS, LTD., 224 WESTLAKE AVE N, SUITE 500, SEATTLE WA 98109
Adrienne Rochelle Lofton director C/O ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
Daniel Kevin Elwell director C/O ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
Knight Jessie J Jr director 4329 FOX BROOK LANE, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Susan J Li director ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
Helvi Kay Sandvik director C/O ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
James A Beer director MCKESSON CORPORATION, ONE POST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Raymond L. Conner director ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188
Kathleen T Hogan director C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399