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 ($11.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 111.6m as of 2026-07-31, 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 ≈ $51.98. Options: 23 managers hold calls ($251.8m notional), 24 hold puts ($172.0m).
Trends to Q2 2026
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 |
| Q3 2025 | 477 |
| Q4 2025 | 467 |
| Q1 2026 | 454 |
| Q2 2026 | 488 |
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 2024 | 184 | 229 |
| Q4 2024 | 235 | 197 |
| Q1 2025 | 271 | 255 |
| Q2 2025 | 208 | 290 |
| Q3 2025 | 211 | 240 |
| Q4 2025 | 206 | 254 |
| Q1 2026 | 239 | 225 |
| Q2 2026 | 253 | 219 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $322.6m | $134.1m | 0.42 |
| Q4 2025 | $165.7m | $123.6m | 0.75 |
| Q1 2026 | $99.4m | $129.5m | 1.30 |
| Q2 2026 | $251.8m | $172.0m | 0.68 |
Biggest buyers
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +1.3m |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +922.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +713.4k |
| CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +681.0k |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | +591.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +545.7k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | Added | +544.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +501.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Added | +456.9k |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | Added | +389.3k |
Biggest sellers
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | Reduced | -4.2m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.4m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -764.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -561.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -506.9k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -410.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -399.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -338.1k |
| Private Advisory Group LLC | Sold out | -270.0k |
| Lodge Hill Capital, LLC | Reduced | -241.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $52.2m999.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $44.7m855.7k shares |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | New | $38.5m737.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $28.4m543.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $28.1m538.7k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | New | $18.3m350.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $8.1m154.7k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $7.8m150.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $4.8m91.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.9m75.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $34.0m650.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $33.8m648.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $29.9m572.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $16.6m317.8k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $7.8m150.0k shares |
| Cable Car Capital, LP | New | $6.9m132.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $6.0m115.1k shares |
| Crawford Fund Management, LLC | Reduced | $5.2m99.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.8m92.8k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $4.2m81.0k 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 since 1 Apr 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 7 | $4.0m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 6 | $11.6m | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $554.2k | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.0m | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.2m | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | $1.0m | 1 | $263.3k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | MINICUCCI BENITO CEO AND PRESIDENT, director | Bought | $1.0m25.0k shares |
| 2026-08-03 | HARRISON ANDREW R EVP AND CCO | Sold | $263.3k5.3k 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 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.6m $606.3m | Reduced -134.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 6.5m $338.7m | Added +140.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 5.3m $278.1m | Added +388.4k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.0m $259.6m | Reduced -77.2k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.0m $258.9m | Reduced -198.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.6m $186.0m | Added +80.0k |
| Capital World Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.5m $181.1m | Reduced -61.6k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 1.65% of their portfolio | 3.4m $176.7m | Added +11.1k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.2m $168.5m | Reduced -23.0k |
| CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 3.2m $166.2m | Added +681.0k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.9m $150.1m | Added +5.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $119.7m | Reduced -506.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $113.7m | Reduced -1.4m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $109.5m | Reduced -52.4k |
| SEMPER AUGUSTUS INVESTMENTS GROUP LLC 10.58% of their portfolio | 1.8m $93.6m | Added +98.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $89.3m | Added +46.0k |
| PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $82.5m | Reduced -1.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $52.2m | Added +1.3m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $65.0m | Reduced -18.3k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $62.9m | Reduced -764.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $62.1m | Added +75.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $58.5m | Added +922.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $56.6m | Added +253.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $55.3m | Added +163.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $54.0m | Added +501.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 906.3k $47.3m | Added +3.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 900.9k $47.0m | Added +713.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 863.1k $45.1m | Reduced -561.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 761.1k $39.7m | Added +545.7k |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP 3.68% of their portfolio | 728.4k $38.0m | Added +389.3k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 709.0k $37.0m | Reduced -6.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 666.2k $34.8m | Reduced -59.8k |
| U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC 3.21% of their portfolio | 639.7k $33.4m | Added +43.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 627.4k $32.8m | Reduced -338.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 603.9k $31.5m | Added +25.3k |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 591.6k $30.9m | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 559.4k $29.2m | Added +23.2k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 549.5k $28.7m | Added +544.0k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 528.3k $27.6m | Added +53.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 526.4k $27.5m | Added +456.9k |
| Privium Fund Management (UK) Ltd 11.31% of their portfolio | 523.7k $27.2m | Added +172.4k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 503.6k $26.3m | Added +17.6k |
| Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. 2.23% of their portfolio | 482.1k $25.2m | Added +325.0k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.18% of their portfolio | 468.8k $24.5m | Added +135.5k |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.41% of their portfolio | 463.5k $24.2m | Added +15.2k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 461.9k $24.1m | Added +75.2k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 458.2k $23.9m | Added +1.1k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 358.6k $18.7m | Added +287.7k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 351.4k $18.3m | Added +340.0k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.03% of their portfolio | 346.9k $18.1m | Added +17.7k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 297.5k $15.5m | Reduced -128.7k |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 296.0k $15.4m | New |
| DELTEC ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 2.28% of their portfolio | 295.6k $15.4m | Added +26.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 280.3k $14.6m | Added +143.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 274.9k $14.4m | Added +153.8k |
| Lodge Hill Capital, LLC 2.33% of their portfolio | 266.3k $13.9m | Reduced -241.5k |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 262.5k $13.7m | Added +52.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 252.9k $13.2m | Reduced -16.9k |
| Generate Investment Management Ltd 0.54% of their portfolio | 250.0k $13.1m | Added +50.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 238.6k $12.5m | Reduced -826 |
| LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, L.P. 0.82% of their portfolio | 233.7k $12.2m | Added +123.4k |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.07% of their portfolio | 233.4k $12.2m | Added +22.4k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 230.6k $12.0m | Not comparable |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 224.6k $11.7m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 218.3k $11.4m | Reduced -399.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.5k $11.2m | Added +24.0k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.01% of their portfolio | 211.2k $11.0m | Reduced -4.2m |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.03% of their portfolio | 211.1k $11.0m | Reduced -25.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 207.8k $10.8m | Reduced -18.7k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 205.4k $10.7m | Reduced -52.8k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 204.4k $10.5m | Reduced -51.4k |
| swisspartners Advisors Ltd 7.08% of their portfolio | 201.5k $10.5m | Added +7.9k |
| Interval Partners, LP 0.32% of their portfolio | 193.1k $10.1m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 192.8k $10.1m | New |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 179.0k $9.3m | Added +157.2k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.27% of their portfolio | 171.1k $8.9m | New |
| BECKER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.23% of their portfolio | 164.7k $8.6m | Added +141.8k |
| Creative Planning 0.01% of their portfolio | 164.3k $8.6m | Reduced -113 |
| First Washington CORP 2.07% of their portfolio | 162.5k $8.5m | Reduced -1.7k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.6k $8.2m | Reduced -10.1k |
| PEAK6 LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 157.4k $8.2m | New |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 0.85% of their portfolio | 150.0k $7.8m | Reduced -15.0k |
| Black Maple Capital Management LP 4.66% of their portfolio | 133.0k $6.9m | Reduced -39.6k |
| Cable Car Capital, LP 0.30% of their portfolio | 132.9k $6.9m | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 130.7k $6.8m | Added +6.9k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.27% of their portfolio | 122.9k $6.4m | Reduced -235 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.4k $6.4m | Added +9.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 121.3k $6.3m | Reduced -81.1k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 117.4k $6.1m | Reduced -42.9k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 108.9k $5.7m | New |
| ING GROEP NV 0.03% of their portfolio | 105.3k $5.5m | New |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.6k $5.3m | Reduced -32.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.7k $5.1m | Reduced -1.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.6k $5.0m | Added +3.8k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 93.1k $4.9m | Added +32.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.9k $4.8m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Daytona Street Capital LLC 3.28% of their portfolio | 90.7k $4.5m | Added +23.7k |
| Howard Capital Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 88.5k $4.6m | Reduced -1 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.2k $4.6m | Added +8.0k |
| Lesa Sroufe & Co 3.26% of their portfolio | 87.7k $4.6m | Added +3.5k |