Alaska Air Group (Alaska Air Group) Debt-to-Equity : 0.96 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Alaska Air Group Debt-to-Equity?

Alaska Air Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $459 Mil. Alaska Air Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3,362 Mil. Alaska Air Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3,977 Mil. Alaska Air Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.96.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alaska Air Group's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

ALK' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24 Med: 0.91 Max: 1.78
Current: 0.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Alaska Air Group was 1.78. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.91.

ALK's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
66.67% of 885 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 0.55 vs ALK: 0.96

Alaska Air Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alaska Air Group's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Alaska Air Group Debt-to-Equity Chart

Alaska Air Group Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.74

1.69

1.08

0.99

0.93

Alaska Air Group Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.01	0.98	1.01	0.93	0.96

Competitive Comparison of Alaska Air Group's Debt-to-Equity

For the Airlines subindustry, Alaska Air Group's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Alaska Air Group's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alaska Air Group's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Alaska Air Group Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Alaska Air Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(511	+	3307)	/	4113
	=	0.93

Alaska Air Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(459	+	3362)	/	3977
	=	0.96

Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Alaska Air Group (Alaska Air Group) Business Description

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Address

19300 International Boulevard, Seattle, WA, USA, 98188

Website

https://www.alaskaair.com

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