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

Alaska Air (ALK) reported EBT Margin of 9.61% for Q1 2026, down 218.0% year-over-year from 8.14% in Q1 2025, and down 1262.97% on a QoQ basis from 0.83% in Q4 2025.

Alaska Air (ALK) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 9.61% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 218.0% year-over-year to 9.61% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.43% (down 657.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.03%, down 362.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin retreated to 9.61% in Q1 2026 per ALK's latest filing, from 0.83% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 345.26% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 12.25% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 2.3% (2022), against an average of 21.07%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBT Margin soared 33846 bps; it then slumped 34232 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing ALK's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.41% in 2022, then plunged by 89 bps to 0.16% in 2023, then surged by 5702 bps to 9.09% in 2024, then sank by 91 bps to 0.83% in 2025, then tumbled by 1263 bps to 9.61% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ALK EBT Margin figures stand at 9.61% (Q1 2026), 0.83% (Q4 2025), and 2.95% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn -1.35%
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 3.93%
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 17.11%
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -11.56%
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -9.61%
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 10.64%
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 19.94%
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -15.00%
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 9.83%
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -28.33%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -9.61%
Dec 31, 2025 0.83%
Sep 30, 2025 2.95%
Jun 30, 2025 6.43%
Mar 31, 2025 -7.43%
Dec 31, 2024 9.09%
Sep 30, 2024 345.26%
Jun 30, 2024 10.91%
Mar 31, 2024 -7.97%
Dec 31, 2023 0.16%
Sep 30, 2023 6.80%
Jun 30, 2023 11.45%
Mar 31, 2023 -9.06%
Dec 31, 2022 1.41%
Sep 30, 2022 2.30%
Jun 30, 2022 6.96%
Mar 31, 2022 -12.25%
Dec 31, 2021 1.53%
Sep 30, 2021 12.54%
Jun 30, 2021 34.58%
Mar 31, 2021 -21.71%
Dec 31, 2020 -79.58%
Sep 30, 2020 -84.02%
Jun 30, 2020 -69.12%
Mar 31, 2020 -19.38%
Dec 31, 2019 10.91%
Sep 30, 2019 17.41%
Jun 30, 2019 15.34%
Mar 31, 2019 0.32%
Dec 31, 2018 1.74%
Sep 30, 2018 12.84%
Jun 30, 2018 12.01%
Mar 31, 2018 0.33%
Dec 31, 2017 6.49%
Sep 30, 2017 19.76%
Jun 30, 2017 22.55%
Mar 31, 2017 8.86%
Dec 31, 2016 9.15%
Sep 30, 2016 25.67%
Jun 30, 2016 1,555.56%
Mar 31, 2016 25.77%
Dec 31, 2015 -6.30%
Sep 30, 2015 33.69%
Jun 30, 2015 26.17%
Mar 31, 2015 18.91%
Dec 31, 2014 -275.00%
Sep 30, 2014 21.57%
Mar 31, 2014 12.44%
Dec 31, 2013 -4.01%
Sep 30, 2013 1,446.88%
Jun 30, 2013 563.33%
Mar 31, 2013 5.21%
Dec 31, 2012 -2.36%
Mar 31, 2012 6.35%
Dec 31, 2011 -3.75%
Sep 30, 2011 419.06%
Jun 30, 2011 4.23%
Mar 31, 2011 484.74%
Dec 31, 2010 406.27%
Sep 30, 2010 674.15%
Jun 30, 2010 10.61%
Mar 31, 2010 1.23%
Dec 31, 2009 4.96%
Sep 30, 2009 515.52%
Jun 30, 2009 6.30%