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 ($9.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 123.1m as of 2025-01-31, 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 ≈ $64.74. Options: 31 managers hold calls ($401.4m notional), 29 hold puts ($180.7m).
Trends to Q4 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 |
| Q3 2024 | 445 |
| Q4 2024 | 509 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 230 | 227 |
| Q2 2023 | 205 | 253 |
| Q3 2023 | 210 | 262 |
| Q4 2023 | 222 | 245 |
| Q1 2024 | 182 | 244 |
| Q2 2024 | 188 | 195 |
| Q3 2024 | 184 | 229 |
| Q4 2024 | 235 | 197 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $69.8m | $96.4m | 1.38 |
| Q2 2024 | $58.6m | $112.0m | 1.91 |
| Q3 2024 | $115.2m | $116.6m | 1.01 |
| Q4 2024 | $401.4m | $180.7m | 0.45 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +3.6m |
| HENNESSY ADVISORS INC | New | +1.3m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +1.2m |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Added | +923.1k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | New | +792.4k |
| Interval Partners, LP | New | +780.0k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | New | +580.1k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | Added | +569.6k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | Added | +566.8k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +418.1k |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -1.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -981.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -740.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -723.1k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Reduced | -675.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -649.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -634.2k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -581.1k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -578.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -573.4k |
Biggest calls
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $136.0m2.1m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $98.5m1.5m shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | New | $38.5m595.0k shares |
| PINNBROOK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | New | $22.7m350.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $19.4m298.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $13.1m202.3k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | New | $11.5m177.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $11.0m170.4k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $5.9m90.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $5.3m81.8k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $47.3m730.0k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | $16.3m251.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $15.5m239.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $10.9m168.7k shares |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | Added | $8.4m129.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $8.3m128.9k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $7.6m116.9k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $7.3m113.4k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $6.6m102.7k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | New | $6.5m100.0k 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 Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 7 | $4.0m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-19 | SCHNEIDER ANDREA L SVP PEOPLE | Sold | $51.1k800 shares |
| 2024-12-18 | SPRAGUE JOSEPH A CEO Hawaiian A/L | Sold | $149.7k2.3k shares |
| 2024-12-18 | HALVERSON EMILY VP Finance, Controller & Treas | Sold | $85.6k1.3k shares |
| 2024-12-17 | LEVINE KYLE B SVP LEGAL & GEN COUNSEL | Sold | $218.4k3.4k shares |
| 2024-12-13 | VON MUEHLEN CONSTANCE E EVP AND COO | Sold | $252.4k4.0k shares |
| 2024-12-12 | MINICUCCI BENITO CEO AND PRESIDENT, director | Sold | $2.0m30.0k shares |
| 2024-12-11 | HARRISON ANDREW R EVP AND CCO | Sold | $888.4k13.9k shares |
| 2024-12-11 | TACKETT SHANE R EVP AND CFO | Sold | $317.8k5.0k shares |
| 2024-12-11 | SCHNEIDER ANDREA L SVP PEOPLE | Sold | $234.9k3.7k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 15.6m $1.0bn | Reduced -981.1k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.7m $884.0m | Added +56.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 6.2m $403.1m | Added +56.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.6m $301.0m | Added +3.6m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.0m $262.0m | Added +81.5k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.19% of their portfolio | 3.8m $247.4m | Reduced -30.9k |
| Boston Partners 0.27% of their portfolio | 3.5m $224.1m | Added +222.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 3.2m $205.7m | Reduced -649.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 2.4m $155.9m | Reduced -740.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.38% of their portfolio | 2.1m $138.2m | Added +1.2m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.32% of their portfolio | 2.1m $136.7m | Reduced -30.8k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.1m $134.4m | Reduced -581.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $132.5m | Added +52.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $129.0m | Reduced -69.7k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $102.9m | Reduced -4.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $92.7m | Added +9.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.3m $86.6m | Reduced -723.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.3m $86.0m | Reduced -634.2k |
| HENNESSY ADVISORS INC 2.45% of their portfolio | 1.3m $82.5m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $76.4m | Added +121.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.1m $68.2m | Reduced -54.2k |
| ARGA Investment Management, LP 2.21% of their portfolio | 1.0m $67.7m | Added +80.4k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 978.7k $63.4m | Reduced -201.1k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 974.0k $63.1m | Added +176.6k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.11% of their portfolio | 943.1k $61.1m | Added +923.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 892.8k $57.8m | Reduced -35.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 864.2k $56.0m | Added +226.7k |
| PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.63% of their portfolio | 851.1k $55.1m | Reduced -94.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 824.9k $53.4m | Added +418.1k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 1.85% of their portfolio | 792.4k $51.3m | New |
| Interval Partners, LP 1.29% of their portfolio | 780.0k $50.5m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 777.3k $50.3m | Added +96.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 755.9k $48.9m | Added +17.6k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 704.6k $45.6m | Added +569.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 688.7k $44.6m | Added +24.1k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 0.18% of their portfolio | 644.7k $41.7m | Reduced -113.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 640.0k $41.4m | Added +6.5k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 627.7k $40.6m | Added +20.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 602.9k $39.0m | Added +19.2k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 591.8k $38.2m | Added +566.8k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 580.1k $37.6m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 567.0k $36.7m | Added +169.7k |
| Man Group plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 538.6k $34.9m | Added +175.2k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 535.6k $34.7m | Added +28.2k |
| U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC 3.37% of their portfolio | 525.1k $34.0m | Reduced -231.7k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 0.54% of their portfolio | 475.0k $30.8m | Added +355.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 376.6k $24.4m | Reduced -29.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 374.4k $24.2m | First filing |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.47% of their portfolio | 365.8k $23.7m | Reduced -177.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 361.9k $23.4m | Reduced -235.7k |
| SEMPER AUGUSTUS INVESTMENTS GROUP LLC 4.05% of their portfolio | 350.1k $22.7m | Added +2.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 343.3k $22.2m | Reduced -13.4k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.09% of their portfolio | 316.3k $20.5m | Added +48.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 314.6k $20.4m | Reduced -417.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 306.5k $19.8m | Added +185.0k |
| Mesirow Institutional Investment Management, Inc. 1.51% of their portfolio | 303.4k $19.6m | Reduced -49.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 299.3k $19.4m | Reduced -16.0k |
| TOWLE & CO 2.99% of their portfolio | 268.9k $17.4m | Reduced -62.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 258.5k $16.7m | Reduced -2.2k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.55% of their portfolio | 238.8k $15.5m | Reduced -282.7k |
| Twin Tree Management, LP 0.37% of their portfolio | 235.5k $15.2m | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 230.5k $14.9m | Reduced -162.1k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 228.4k $14.8m | Reduced -1.9k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 222.8k $14.4m | Reduced -116.4k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 222.6k $14.4m | Reduced -34.8k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 220.1k $14.2m | Reduced -12.6k |
| Jain Global LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 210.2k $13.6m | First filing |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 205.9k $13.3m | New |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 201.6k $13.1m | Reduced -82.8k |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.10% of their portfolio | 193.0k $12.5m | Reduced -21.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 187.3k $12.1m | Added +21.3k |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 178.5k $11.6m | Reduced -70.9k |
| SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 175.8k $11.4m | New |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 171.2k $11.1m | Added +147.3k |
| First Washington CORP 3.81% of their portfolio | 166.3k $10.8m | Unchanged |
| STRS OHIO 0.04% of their portfolio | 162.3k $10.5m | Added +123.3k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 157.6k $10.2m | Added +11.1k |
| Paradoxiom Capital L.P. 4.07% of their portfolio | 152.2k $9.9m | First filing |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 148.2k $9.6m | Added +12.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 143.5k $9.3m | Reduced -1.1m |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 142.4k $9.2m | Reduced -79.2k |
| swisspartners Advisors Ltd 8.90% of their portfolio | 140.6k $8.3m | Added +40 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 139.8k $9.1m | Reduced -307.3k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 136.5k $8.8m | Reduced -5.0k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 133.6k $8.7m | New |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.55% of their portfolio | 128.9k $8.3m | Added +77.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 127.6k $8.3m | Added +2.4k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 127.3k $8.2m | Added +100.0k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 122.5k $7.9m | Reduced -6.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 120.1k $7.8m | Reduced -2.4k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 117.0k $7.6m | Added +88.7k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.4k $7.5m | Reduced -12.2k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.7k $7.3m | Reduced -1.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.6k $7.0m | Added +4.0k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.38% of their portfolio | 108.1k $7.0m | Reduced -104.3k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 106.4k $6.9m | Reduced -947 |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.39% of their portfolio | 104.5k $6.8m | Added +345 |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 98.3k $6.4m | New |
| tru Independence LLC 1.98% of their portfolio | 97.6k $6.3m | Reduced -6.6k |
| BRIGHTON JONES LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 96.9k $6.3m | Added +92.4k |