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

Alaska Air (ALK) reported EBITDA Margin of 8.45% for Q1 2026, down 217.0% year-over-year from 7.23% in Q1 2025, and down 509.43% on a QoQ basis from 2.06% in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 217.0% year-over-year to 8.45% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.53% (down 55.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.13%, down 273.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin declined to 8.45% in Q1 2026 per ALK's latest filing, from 2.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 11.87% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 54.74% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 2.06% (2025), against an average of 1.98%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBITDA Margin plunged 6217 bps; it then surged 5867 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing ALK's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 0.93% in 2022, then surged by 35 bps to 1.25% in 2023, then soared by 570 bps to 8.4% in 2024, then tumbled by 75 bps to 2.06% in 2025, then slumped by 509 bps to 8.45% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ALK EBITDA Margin figures stand at 8.45% (Q1 2026), 2.06% (Q4 2025), and 3.93% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn -1.64%
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 3.45%
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 186.84%
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - 13.25%
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -8.45%
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 9.97%
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 21.77%
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -10.00%
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 12.07%
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -28.53%

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 -54.74%
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%
Mar 31, 2021 -20.20%
Dec 31, 2020 -73.64%
Sep 30, 2020 -81.46%
Jun 30, 2020 -68.41%
Mar 31, 2020 -19.62%
Dec 31, 2019 11.31%
Sep 30, 2019 17.66%
Jun 30, 2019 15.91%
Mar 31, 2019 1.33%
Dec 31, 2018 2.23%
Sep 30, 2018 13.43%
Jun 30, 2018 12.57%
Mar 31, 2018 1.58%
Dec 31, 2017 7.05%
Sep 30, 2017 20.24%
Jun 30, 2017 23.17%
Mar 31, 2017 9.80%
Dec 31, 2016 8.97%
Sep 30, 2016 25.54%
Jun 30, 2016 1,548.15%
Mar 31, 2016 25.60%
Dec 31, 2015 -6.20%
Sep 30, 2015 33.38%
Jun 30, 2015 25.89%
Mar 31, 2015 18.75%
Dec 31, 2014 -275.00%
Sep 30, 2014 21.57%
Mar 31, 2014 11.54%
Dec 31, 2013 -4.17%
Sep 30, 2013 1,468.75%
Jun 30, 2013 580.00%
Mar 31, 2013 5.65%
Dec 31, 2012 -2.43%
Mar 31, 2012 6.93%
Dec 31, 2011 -4.23%
Sep 30, 2011 478.93%
Jun 30, 2011 5.21%
Mar 31, 2011 537.35%
Dec 31, 2010 465.49%
Sep 30, 2010 737.76%
Jun 30, 2010 12.38%
Mar 31, 2010 3.10%
Dec 31, 2009 6.24%
Sep 30, 2009 576.90%
Jun 30, 2009 8.81%