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Alaska Air (ALK) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Alaska Air (ALK) reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 3.67 for Q1 2026, down 22.99% year-over-year from 4.77 in Q1 2025, and down 442.63% on a QoQ basis from 1.07 in Q4 2025.

Alaska Air (ALK) has 18 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 3.67 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio fell 22.99% year-over-year to 3.67 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.78 (up 8.43% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.11, down 66.58% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio slipped to 3.67 in Q1 2026 per ALK's latest filing, from 1.07 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 12.04 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 7.48 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 1.07 (2025), against an average of 1.2.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Interest Coverage Ratio tumbled 119.04%; it then soared 278.9% in 2025.
  • Tracing ALK's Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.96 in 2022, then rose by 7.71% to 1.03 in 2023, then rose by 26.28% to 1.3 in 2024, then dropped by 17.81% to 1.07 in 2025, then tumbled by 442.63% to 3.67 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ALK Interest Coverage Ratio figures stand at 3.67 (Q1 2026), 1.07 (Q4 2025), and 2.11 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn -
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 6.11
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn -
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - 0.28
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -3.67
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 5.06
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn -7.63
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -1.56
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 2.77
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -23.58

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -3.67
Dec 31, 2025 1.07
Sep 30, 2025 2.11
Jun 30, 2025 4.20
Mar 31, 2025 -2.98
Dec 31, 2024 1.30
Sep 30, 2024 -1.18
Jun 30, 2024 8.94
Mar 31, 2024 -4.74
Dec 31, 2023 1.03
Sep 30, 2023 6.21
Jun 30, 2023 12.04
Mar 31, 2023 -6.64
Dec 31, 2022 0.96
Sep 30, 2022 2.00
Jun 30, 2022 7.19
Mar 31, 2022 -7.48
Dec 31, 2021 1.44
Sep 30, 2021 8.60
Jun 30, 2021 14.08
Mar 31, 2021 -5.03
Dec 31, 2020 -17.50
Sep 30, 2020 -16.79
Jun 30, 2020 -16.94
Mar 31, 2020 -24.69
Dec 31, 2019 14.00
Sep 30, 2019 23.44
Jun 30, 2019 18.20
Mar 31, 2019 1.14
Dec 31, 2018 2.30
Sep 30, 2018 13.50
Jun 30, 2018 10.84
Mar 31, 2018 1.21
Dec 31, 2017 5.27
Sep 30, 2017 16.42
Jun 30, 2017 18.73
Mar 31, 2017 6.28
Dec 31, 2016 9.00
Sep 30, 2016 36.36
Jun 30, 2016 46.44
Mar 31, 2016 22.31
Dec 31, 2015 25.50
Sep 30, 2015 43.30
Jun 30, 2015 33.82
Mar 31, 2015 21.64
Dec 31, 2014 20.17
Sep 30, 2014 26.33
Jun 30, 2014 21.92
Mar 31, 2014 11.75
Dec 31, 2013 9.29
Sep 30, 2013 36.15
Jun 30, 2013 12.43
Mar 31, 2013 4.00
Dec 31, 2012 4.93
Sep 30, 2012 17.93
Jun 30, 2012 6.82
Mar 31, 2012 4.24
Dec 31, 2011 6.38
Sep 30, 2011 5.57
Jun 30, 2011 2.89
Mar 31, 2011 5.72
Dec 31, 2010 4.46
Sep 30, 2010 7.35
Jun 30, 2010 4.17
Mar 31, 2010 1.00
Dec 31, 2009 1.99
Sep 30, 2009 6.17
Jun 30, 2009 2.66