Alaska Air (ALK) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Alaska Air's (ALK) quarterly EBIT Margin came in at 8.45% in Q1 2026, down 217.0% year-on-year from 7.23% in Q1 2025, and down 509.43% on a QoQ basis from 2.06% in Q4 2025.

Alaska Air (ALK) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alaska Air (ALK) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 8.45% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBIT Margin fell 217.0% year-over-year to 8.45% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.53%, a 387.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.13%, down 273.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.45%, down from 2.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBIT Margin for ALK reached as high as 11.87% in Q2 2023 and fell as low as 12.02% in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, EBIT Margin has averaged 1.89% across 5 years, with a median of 2.19% in 2022.
  • On a YoY basis, EBIT Margin climbed as much as 818 bps in 2022 and fell as far as 2892 bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, EBIT Margin stood at 0.93% in 2022, then jumped by 35 bps to 1.25% in 2023, then surged by 570 bps to 8.4% in 2024, then slumped by 75 bps to 2.06% in 2025, then sank by 509 bps to 8.45% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent EBIT Margin figures were 8.45% in Q1 2026, 2.06% in Q4 2025, and 3.93% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Latam Airlines 29,341.35 Bn 29,338.67 Bn 1.28 Mn 19.82%
2 Ryanair Holdings 183.33 Bn 180.79 Bn - -
3 Delta Air Lines 53.61 Bn 48.95 Bn 19.07 Bn 9.43%
4 Southwest Airlines 21.85 Bn 18.53 Bn 7.33 Bn 3.38%
5 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.69 Bn 7.93 Bn - -11.53%
6 Copa Holdings 5.59 Bn 4.26 Bn 713.71 Mn 21.77%
7 Alaska Air 5.12 Bn 3.35 Bn 3.20 Bn -8.45%
8 Skywest 3.85 Bn 3.22 Bn 1.01 Bn 14.13%
9 Jetblue Airways 1.85 Bn 1.44 Bn 1.87 Bn -10.00%
10 Allegiant Travel 1.72 Bn 818.03 Mn 651.87 Mn 12.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -8.45%
Dec 31, 2025 2.06%
Sep 30, 2025 3.93%
Jun 30, 2025 7.48%
Mar 31, 2025 -6.28%
Dec 31, 2024 8.40%
Sep 30, 2024 11.10%
Jun 30, 2024 11.11%
Mar 31, 2024 -7.44%
Dec 31, 2023 1.25%
Sep 30, 2023 7.43%
Jun 30, 2023 11.87%
Mar 31, 2023 -8.47%
Dec 31, 2022 0.93%
Sep 30, 2022 2.19%
Jun 30, 2022 7.04%
Mar 31, 2022 -12.02%
Dec 31, 2021 2.05%
Sep 30, 2021 13.21%
Jun 30, 2021 35.95%