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 ($7.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 115.3m as of 2025-07-31, 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 ≈ $49.59. Options: 19 managers hold calls ($237.7m notional), 20 hold puts ($139.6m).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
| Q1 2025 | 530 |
| Q2 2025 | 480 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 210 | 262 |
| Q4 2023 | 222 | 245 |
| Q1 2024 | 182 | 244 |
| Q2 2024 | 188 | 195 |
| Q3 2024 | 184 | 229 |
| Q4 2024 | 235 | 197 |
| Q1 2025 | 271 | 255 |
| Q2 2025 | 208 | 290 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $115.2m | $116.6m | 1.01 |
| Q4 2024 | $401.4m | $180.7m | 0.45 |
| Q1 2025 | $364.6m | $131.2m | 0.36 |
| Q2 2025 | $237.7m | $139.6m | 0.59 |
Biggest buyers
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +1.4m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.4m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +950.8k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +680.5k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | New | +621.3k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +621.2k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +603.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +474.5k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC | Added | +443.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +347.5k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -3.0m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -2.6m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -1.6m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. | Reduced | -987.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -928.4k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | Sold out | -798.4k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -727.2k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -570.3k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | -530.0k |
Biggest calls
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | Added | $133.9m2.7m shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $21.2m429.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $18.2m368.7k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $16.2m328.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $13.2m265.9k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $6.5m131.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $5.8m117.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $4.1m83.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $3.8m76.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $3.0m61.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $24.4m494.1k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | $23.9m483.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $17.6m355.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $15.6m316.1k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $13.9m280.5k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | $7.4m150.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $5.8m117.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $5.1m103.2k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $4.3m86.6k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $4.2m83.9k 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 2025
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 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 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 6 | $11.6m | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $554.2k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-05 | HALVERSON EMILY VP Finance, Controller & Treas | Sold | $151.2k2.9k shares |
| 2025-05-19 | HARRISON ANDREW R EVP AND CCO | Sold | $401.3k7.5k shares |
| 2025-05-07 | VON MUEHLEN CONSTANCE E EVP AND COO · Held by Spouse | Sold | $1.7k33 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, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.9m $638.7m | Added +1.4m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.8m $581.7m | Reduced -151.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 6.2m $307.6m | Added +474.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.5m $271.6m | Reduced -3.0m |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.14% of their portfolio | 3.6m $179.8m | Reduced -168.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.6m $178.2m | Reduced -100.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 3.3m $161.6m | Added +42.5k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. 2.16% of their portfolio | 3.1m $155.5m | Reduced -987.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.0m $147.7m | Added +347.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.18% of their portfolio | 2.6m $129.2m | Added +1.4m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $109.7m | Added +77.5k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.0m $99.3m | Added +95.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $91.4m | Added +42.5k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $84.1m | Unchanged |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.5m $71.8m | Added +134.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $62.9m | Reduced -727.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $62.4m | Added +1.9k |
| PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.81% of their portfolio | 1.1m $55.4m | Added +43.7k |
| ARGA Investment Management, LP 1.49% of their portfolio | 1.1m $54.4m | Added +74.1k |
| HENNESSY ADVISORS INC 1.72% of their portfolio | 1.0m $51.7m | Reduced -115.3k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 1.0m $49.9m | Added +443.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 985.4k $48.8m | Reduced -77.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 960.6k $47.5m | Added +950.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 943.3k $46.7m | Reduced -87.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 910.9k $45.1m | Reduced -61.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 817.0k $40.4m | Reduced -319.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 792.6k $39.2m | Added +680.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 710.0k $35.1m | Reduced -429.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 660.5k $32.7m | Added +291.2k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 649.7k $32.1m | Added +7.2k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 625.8k $31.0m | Added +621.2k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 624.0k $30.9m | Added +603.1k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.11% of their portfolio | 621.3k $30.7m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 540.0k $26.7m | Reduced -928.4k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 537.3k $26.6m | Reduced -570.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 499.3k $24.7m | Reduced -2.6m |
| Lodge Hill Capital, LLC 5.61% of their portfolio | 492.8k $24.4m | Added +187.9k |
| U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC 2.79% of their portfolio | 479.1k $23.7m | Added +51.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 468.2k $23.2m | Added +90.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 438.1k $21.7m | Reduced -506.8k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 434.2k $21.5m | Reduced -67.8k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.16% of their portfolio | 419.6k $20.8m | Added +84.8k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 390.4k $19.3m | Added +231.3k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 377.6k $18.7m | Added +10.3k |
| SEMPER AUGUSTUS INVESTMENTS GROUP LLC 2.59% of their portfolio | 372.0k $18.4m | Added +27.2k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 357.9k $17.7m | Reduced -84.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 357.5k $17.7m | Added +9.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 342.0k $16.9m | Reduced -2.1k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 323.5k $16.0m | Added +219.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 311.2k $15.4m | Added +299.9k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 0.07% of their portfolio | 309.8k $15.3m | New |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.48% of their portfolio | 306.4k $15.2m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 288.1k $14.3m | Reduced -7.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 283.4k $14.0m | Added +243.7k |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.26% of their portfolio | 269.7k $13.3m | Added +4.8k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.06% of their portfolio | 249.1k $12.3m | Added +11.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 246.3k $12.2m | Reduced -43.4k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.04% of their portfolio | 244.2k $12.1m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 234.6k $11.6m | Added +8.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 228.0k $11.3m | Reduced -112.2k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 223.9k $11.1m | Reduced -164.7k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 207.1k $10.2m | Reduced -24.0k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.11% of their portfolio | 205.7k $10.2m | Added +47.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 204.1k $10.1m | Reduced -25.0k |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.07% of their portfolio | 203.2k $10.1m | Added +15.3k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 197.1k $9.8m | Added +181.4k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 179.4k $8.9m | Added +130.3k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 177.9k $8.8m | Reduced -509.6k |
| TOWLE & CO 1.99% of their portfolio | 170.9k $8.5m | Reduced -57.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.9k $8.4m | Reduced -27.3k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 168.8k $8.4m | Reduced -305.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 167.8k $8.3m | Reduced -14.9k |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 166.3k $8.2m | Reduced -1.1k |
| First Washington CORP 2.65% of their portfolio | 166.3k $8.2m | Unchanged |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 165.6k $8.1m | Added +92.5k |
| swisspartners Advisors Ltd 6.96% of their portfolio | 149.4k $7.4m | Added +6.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 138.9k $6.9m | Unchanged |
| Shellback Capital, LP 0.46% of their portfolio | 138.6k $6.9m | New |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.53% of their portfolio | 135.9k $6.7m | New |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 133.9k $6.6m | New |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 132.8k $6.6m | Added +34.4k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 131.6k $6.5m | Added +3.3k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 130.7k $6.5m | Added +56.2k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 128.7k $6.4m | Added +5.2k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 128.6k $6.4m | Reduced -239.5k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 123.9k $6.1m | Added +12.0k |
| Quantedge Capital Pte Ltd 5.55% of their portfolio | 122.4k $6.1m | Reduced -224.2k |
| STRS OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 121.5k $6.0m | Added +13.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 121.4k $6.0m | Reduced -142 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.7k $5.8m | Added +1.3k |
| BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S 0.06% of their portfolio | 113.4k $5.6m | Added +111.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.0k $5.5m | Added +1.6k |
| CLEARFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 4.15% of their portfolio | 108.9k $5.4m | New |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.2k $5.3m | Added +6.2k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 106.2k $5.3m | Added +25.7k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.29% of their portfolio | 106.0k $5.2m | Added +7.0k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 102.9k $5.1m | Added +20.2k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 100.0k $4.9m | Reduced -115.0k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 98.8k $4.9m | Added +11.9k |
| tru Independence LLC 1.41% of their portfolio | 98.5k $4.9m | Reduced -1.1k |