ALASKA AIR GROUP INC ALK
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 011659109 · ISIN US0116591092
Airline holding company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryAir Transportation, Scheduled
- HeadquartersSeattle, WA
- Founded1985
- Websiteinvestor.alaskaair.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($6.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 126.2m as of 2024-07-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $40.41. Options: 25 managers hold calls ($58.6m notional), 26 hold puts ($112.0m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 496 |
| Q4 2022 | 506 |
| Q1 2023 | 515 |
| Q2 2023 | 499 |
| Q3 2023 | 469 |
| Q4 2023 | 455 |
| Q1 2024 | 426 |
| Q2 2024 | 448 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 237 | 208 |
| Q1 2023 | 230 | 227 |
| Q2 2023 | 205 | 253 |
| Q3 2023 | 210 | 262 |
| Q4 2023 | 222 | 245 |
| Q1 2024 | 182 | 244 |
| Q2 2024 | 188 | 195 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $65.5m | $101.8m | 1.55 |
| Q4 2023 | $101.4m | $163.4m | 1.61 |
| Q1 2024 | $69.8m | $96.4m | 1.38 |
| Q2 2024 | $58.6m | $112.0m | 1.91 |
Biggest buyers
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +3.1m |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Added | +1.5m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.1m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +926.8k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +694.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | +693.7k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +691.0k |
| ARGA Investment Management, LP | Added | +675.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +663.6k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | New | +656.8k |
Biggest sellers
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -5.7m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -5.0m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -545.7k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -403.6k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) | Reduced | -367.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -334.6k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Reduced | -319.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -159.2k |
| NWI MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -145.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -143.7k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $9.2m228.2k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $8.6m213.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $6.7m165.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.7m116.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.0m100.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $3.5m86.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $3.3m81.8k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $3.1m75.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $2.8m70.2k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $2.2m54.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $28.5m705.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $13.6m335.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $11.0m273.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $10.3m254.2k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $6.1m152.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $6.1m150.4k shares |
| Crawford Fund Management, LLC | Added | $5.2m127.6k shares |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | Unchanged | $4.3m106.8k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Unchanged | $4.2m105.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.2m103.6k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-17 | 8.4% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2025-07-15 | 5.1% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: FMR LLC (3.1%, 2026-05-06), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $250.4k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $251.1k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $243.6k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | $2.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $249.3k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2024.
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.2m $655.9m | Reduced -545.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.7m $553.2m | Reduced -143.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 6.5m $262.8m | Added +357.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.0m $160.6m | Reduced -106.9k |
| Boston Partners 0.20% of their portfolio | 3.9m $159.2m | Reduced -24.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 3.9m $157.8m | Added +3.1m |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 3.9m $156.0m | Unchanged |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.36% of their portfolio | 3.5m $139.9m | Added +694.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.39% of their portfolio | 3.0m $120.0m | Added +220.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $106.0m | Reduced -5.0m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.4m $95.4m | Reduced -334.6k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $93.8m | Added +1.5m |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.19% of their portfolio | 2.2m $87.7m | Reduced -142.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $80.2m | Added +35.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $64.2m | Added +122.3k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.6m $64.1m | Reduced -16.2k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.58% of their portfolio | 1.5m $58.9m | Added +119.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $53.4m | Added +663.6k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 1.1m $46.4m | Reduced -55.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $45.6m | Added +1.1m |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.0m $42.4m | Reduced -13.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $42.0m | Added +926.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $41.1m | Added +8.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 997.4k $40.3m | Added +691.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 982.6k $39.7m | Reduced -93.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 979.9k $39.6m | Added +7.1k |
| PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.23% of their portfolio | 965.0k $39.0m | Reduced -9.7k |
| U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC 3.76% of their portfolio | 943.5k $39.6m | Reduced -96.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 937.1k $37.9m | Added +594.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 909.3k $36.7m | Added +220.5k |
| ARGA Investment Management, LP 1.28% of their portfolio | 900.5k $36.4m | Added +675.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 843.0k $34.1m | Added +458.5k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 823.5k $33.3m | Added +693.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 819.3k $33.1m | Reduced -22.5k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 818.4k $33.1m | Reduced -44.0k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 0.14% of their portfolio | 794.1k $32.1m | Reduced -367.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 732.2k $29.6m | Added +41.6k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 656.8k $26.5m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 637.7k $25.8m | Reduced -27.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 608.7k $24.6m | Reduced -12.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 545.1k $22.0m | Added +296.7k |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.45% of their portfolio | 543.3k $22.0m | Reduced -2.3k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 511.7k $20.7m | Added +16.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 458.9k $18.5m | Added +382.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 458.5k $18.5m | Added +111.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 446.3k $18.0m | Reduced -159.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 362.3k $14.6m | Added +283.1k |
| SEMPER AUGUSTUS INVESTMENTS GROUP LLC 2.47% of their portfolio | 341.8k $13.8m | Added +21.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 330.0k $13.3m | Reduced -12.5k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 325.5k $13.1m | Reduced -9.4k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 320.2k $12.9m | Reduced -20.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 300.4k $12.1m | Added +126.9k |
| Mesirow Institutional Investment Management, Inc. 1.01% of their portfolio | 284.0k $11.5m | New |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 283.6k $11.5m | Added +33.7k |
| DDD Partners, LLC 1.32% of their portfolio | 282.5k $11.4m | Reduced -80.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.07% of their portfolio | 279.2k $11.3m | Added +20.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 271.3k $11.0m | Reduced -645 |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 266.5k $10.8m | Reduced -51.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 238.1k $9.6m | Added +78.7k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 229.4k $9.3m | Reduced -13.0k |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.08% of their portfolio | 227.4k $9.2m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 223.6k $9.0m | Added +36.0k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.6k $8.7m | Added +41.1k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 214.0k $8.6m | Reduced -16.0k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.47% of their portfolio | 206.9k $8.4m | Unchanged |
| Kodai Capital Management LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 201.8k $8.2m | New |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. 0.52% of their portfolio | 188.8k $7.6m | Reduced -14.6k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 178.6k $7.2m | Added +42.3k |
| BRIGHTON JONES LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 178.5k $7.2m | Added +26.6k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 173.2k $7.0m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 159.8k $6.5m | Reduced -24.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.2k $6.4m | Added +34.4k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 156.5k $6.3m | Reduced -17.7k |
| GATEWAY INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 153.3k $6.2m | Reduced -140 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.07% of their portfolio | 150.8k $6.1m | New |
| First Washington CORP 2.18% of their portfolio | 146.1k $5.9m | Added +15.1k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 139.6k $5.6m | Added +1.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 134.1k $5.4m | Reduced -21.3k |
| swisspartners Advisors Ltd 4.92% of their portfolio | 133.3k $4.9m | Added +3.1k |
| Appian Way Asset Management LP 1.38% of their portfolio | 133.0k $5.4m | Added +71.6k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 132.3k $5.3m | Reduced -4.0k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 129.0k $5.2m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 127.6k $5.2m | Reduced -15.6k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 120.0k $4.8m | Added +22.3k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 116.4k $4.7m | New |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 113.5k $4.6m | Reduced -3.7k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 109.7k $4.4m | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.7k $4.4m | Reduced -4.7k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 105.9k $4.3m | Added +92.3k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.0k $4.2m | Reduced -9.9k |
| tru Independence LLC 1.28% of their portfolio | 104.9k $4.2m | Reduced -630 |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.26% of their portfolio | 104.1k $4.2m | Added +950 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.2k $3.4m | Reduced -63.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.8k $3.1m | Reduced -403.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.3k $3.1m | Added +16.7k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 74.5k $3.0m | Reduced -2.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.3k $3.0m | Added +3.9k |
| JAG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 71.7k $2.9m | Reduced -179 |
| Neo Ivy Capital Management 0.56% of their portfolio | 71.2k $2.9m | First filing |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.04% of their portfolio | 69.4k $2.8m | Reduced -4.2k |