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Alaska Air (ALK) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Alaska Air (ALK) reported Debt Ratio of 0.26 for Q1 2026, up 8.01% year-over-year from 0.24 in Q1 2025, and down 3.93% on a QoQ basis from 0.27 in Q4 2025.

Alaska Air (ALK) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.26 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 8.01% year-over-year to 0.26 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.26 (up 8.01% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.27, up 8.12% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio slipped to 0.26 in Q1 2026 per ALK's latest filing, from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.27 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.14 in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.17 (2024), against an average of 0.2.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio plunged 33.39%; it then soared 49.22% in 2024.
  • Tracing ALK's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.15 in 2022, then advanced by 11.11% to 0.17 in 2023, then soared by 49.22% to 0.25 in 2024, then advanced by 8.12% to 0.27 in 2025, then fell by 3.93% to 0.26 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ALK Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.26 (Q1 2026), 0.27 (Q4 2025), and 0.25 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 0.17
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 0.18
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 0.49
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - 0.07
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn 0.26
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 0.33
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 0.30
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 0.51
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 0.41
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn 0.08

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.26
Dec 31, 2025 0.27
Sep 30, 2025 0.25
Jun 30, 2025 0.25
Mar 31, 2025 0.24
Dec 31, 2024 0.25
Sep 30, 2024 0.24
Jun 30, 2024 0.17
Mar 31, 2024 0.17
Dec 31, 2023 0.17
Sep 30, 2023 0.19
Jun 30, 2023 0.17
Mar 31, 2023 0.14
Dec 31, 2022 0.15
Sep 30, 2022 0.15
Jun 30, 2022 0.16
Mar 31, 2022 0.17
Dec 31, 2021 0.18
Sep 30, 2021 0.19
Jun 30, 2021 0.22
Mar 31, 2021 0.25
Dec 31, 2020 0.25
Sep 30, 2020 0.26
Jun 30, 2020 0.19
Mar 31, 2020 0.17
Dec 31, 2019 0.12
Sep 30, 2019 0.13
Jun 30, 2019 0.14
Mar 31, 2019 0.16
Dec 31, 2018 0.19
Sep 30, 2018 0.19
Jun 30, 2018 0.21
Mar 31, 2018 0.23
Dec 31, 2017 0.24
Sep 30, 2017 0.25
Jun 30, 2017 0.26
Mar 31, 2017 0.28
Dec 31, 2016 0.30
Sep 30, 2016 0.25
Jun 30, 2016 0.09
Mar 31, 2016 0.09
Dec 31, 2015 0.10
Sep 30, 2015 0.11
Jun 30, 2015 0.11
Mar 31, 2015 0.12
Dec 31, 2014 0.13
Sep 30, 2014 0.13
Jun 30, 2014 0.14
Mar 31, 2014 0.14
Dec 31, 2013 0.15
Sep 30, 2013 0.15
Jun 30, 2013 0.16
Mar 31, 2013 0.17
Dec 31, 2012 0.19
Sep 30, 2012 0.20
Jun 30, 2012 0.21
Mar 31, 2012 0.23
Dec 31, 2011 0.25
Sep 30, 2011 0.26
Jun 30, 2011 0.27
Mar 31, 2011 0.28
Dec 31, 2010 0.31
Sep 30, 2010 0.32
Jun 30, 2010 0.34
Dec 31, 2009 0.37