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

Alaska Air (ALK) reported Gross Margin of 97.0% for Q1 2026, up 532.0% year-over-year from 15.35% in Q1 2025, and up 132.24% on a QoQ basis from 41.77% in Q4 2025.

Alaska Air (ALK) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 97.0% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 532.0% year-over-year to 97.0% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 83.16% (up 1805.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 79.78%, up 114.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin advanced to 97.0% in Q1 2026 per ALK's latest filing, from 41.77% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 147.12% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 120.14% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 92.68% (2022), against an average of 74.85%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Gross Margin tumbled 26726 bps; it then jumped 16191 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing ALK's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 79.87% in 2022, then soared by 84 bps to 147.12% in 2023, then tumbled by 182 bps to 120.14% in 2024, then soared by 135 bps to 41.77% in 2025, then surged by 132 bps to 97.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ALK Gross Margin figures stand at 97.0% (Q1 2026), 41.77% (Q4 2025), and 97.16% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 95.80%
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 85.69%
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn -314.47%
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn 97.00%
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 91.21%
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 74.12%
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 83.66%
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 97.03%
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn 72.98%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 97.00%
Dec 31, 2025 41.77%
Sep 30, 2025 97.16%
Jun 30, 2025 97.17%
Mar 31, 2025 91.68%
Dec 31, 2024 -120.14%
Sep 30, 2024 13.68%
Jun 30, 2024 93.58%
Mar 31, 2024 96.55%
Dec 31, 2023 147.12%
Sep 30, 2023 93.48%
Jun 30, 2023 97.15%
Mar 31, 2023 91.94%
Dec 31, 2022 79.87%
Sep 30, 2022 92.68%
Jun 30, 2022 70.81%
Mar 31, 2022 90.96%
Dec 31, 2021 50.97%
Sep 30, 2021 97.49%
Jun 30, 2021 92.34%
Mar 31, 2021 95.86%
Dec 31, 2020 125.87%
Sep 30, 2020 82.17%
Jun 30, 2020 85.99%
Mar 31, 2020 76.53%
Dec 31, 2019 26.30%
Sep 30, 2019 79.66%
Jun 30, 2019 94.06%
Mar 31, 2019 77.61%
Dec 31, 2018 26.70%
Sep 30, 2018 96.43%
Jun 30, 2018 93.46%
Mar 31, 2018 92.30%
Dec 31, 2017 39.75%
Sep 30, 2017 92.89%
Jun 30, 2017 83.63%
Mar 31, 2017 91.82%
Dec 31, 2016 95.47%
Sep 30, 2016 85.63%
Jun 30, 2016 -644.44%
Mar 31, 2016 95.68%
Dec 31, 2015 98.86%
Sep 30, 2015 81.11%
Jun 30, 2015 98.05%
Mar 31, 2015 81.48%
Dec 31, 2014 372.73%
Sep 30, 2014 98.36%
Mar 31, 2014 96.24%
Dec 31, 2013 103.72%
Sep 30, 2013 -115.63%
Jun 30, 2013 -1,140.00%
Mar 31, 2013 96.65%
Dec 31, 2012 106.23%
Mar 31, 2012 93.84%
Dec 31, 2011 110.60%
Sep 30, 2011 -1,305.02%
Jun 30, 2011 98.46%
Mar 31, 2011 -59.84%
Dec 31, 2010 331.76%
Sep 30, 2010 -69.39%
Jun 30, 2010 94.56%
Mar 31, 2010 75.01%
Dec 31, 2009 95.92%
Sep 30, 2009 -33.57%
Jun 30, 2009 95.34%