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Alaska Air (ALK) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Alaska Air (ALK) reported Change in Cash of -$176.0 million for Q1 2026, down 11.39% year-over-year from -$198.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 16.56% on a QoQ basis from -$151.0 million in Q4 2025.

Alaska Air (ALK) has 18 years of Change in Cash data on file, last reported at -$176.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Cash fell 11.39% year-over-year to -$176.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$591.0 million (down 417.74% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$573.0 million, down 160.38% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash fell to -$176.0 million in Q1 2026 per ALK's latest filing, from -$151.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Cash topped out at $605.0 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at -$366.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Cash is $20.0 million (2023), against an average of $823529.4.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Change in Cash tumbled 1300.0%; it then jumped 995.0% in 2024.
  • Tracing ALK's Change in Cash over 5 years: stood at -$350.0 million in 2022, then declined by 4.57% to -$366.0 million in 2023, then soared by 151.37% to $188.0 million in 2024, then sank by 180.32% to -$151.0 million in 2025, then declined by 16.56% to -$176.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ALK Change in Cash figures stand at -$176.0 million (Q1 2026), -$151.0 million (Q4 2025), and $34.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 734.00 Mn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 97.00 Mn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn -6.00 Mn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -5.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -176.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn -56.83 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 160.39 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -89.00 Mn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 113.81 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn 101.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -176.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -151.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 34.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -298.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -158.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 188.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -63.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 219.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 605.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -366.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 117.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 20.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 168.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -350.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -83.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 150.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 158.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -25.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -523.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -50.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -294.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -481.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 347.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 698.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 590.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -17.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 -5.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 29.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 111.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -70.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 76.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -75.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -14.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 53.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -54.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 15.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -145.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -1.49 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 1.74 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 3.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 5.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -15.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 43.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -6.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 -56.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 73.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 12.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 -68.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 10.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 39.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 -16.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -38.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 -27.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 95.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -8.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -13.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 -54.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 34.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 500,000.00
Jun 30, 2011 6.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -29.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -39.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 21.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 -9.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 -46.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -5.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 6.70 Mn