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Alaska Air (ALK) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Alaska Air (ALK) reported Retained Earnings of -$176.0 million for Q1 2026, up 24.79% year-over-year from -$141.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 103.5% on a QoQ basis from $5.0 billion in Q4 2025.

Alaska Air (ALK) has 18 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$176.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 24.79% year-over-year to -$176.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$176.0 million (up 24.79% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $5.0 billion, up 2204.6% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings fell to -$176.0 million in Q1 2026 per ALK's latest filing, from $5.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $5.0 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$388.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$292.0 million (2022), against an average of $22.1 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Retained Earnings tumbled 108.04%; it then jumped 2204.6% in 2025.
  • Tracing ALK's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at -$388.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 22.94% to -$299.0 million in 2023, then grew by 20.07% to -$239.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 2204.6% to $5.0 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 103.5% to -$176.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ALK Retained Earnings figures stand at -$176.0 million (Q1 2026), $5.0 billion (Q4 2025), and -$223.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 12.93 Bn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn -1.00 Mn
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 - -197.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -176.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn -366,000.00
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn -15.94 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 398.00 Mn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 3.40 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -5.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -176.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 5.03 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -223.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -228.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -234.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -239.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -268.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -287.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -294.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -299.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -360.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -365.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -365.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -388.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -328.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -308.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -292.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -262.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -482.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -487.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 3.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -494.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 4.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 4.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -482.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -465.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 5.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 -422.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -433.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 4.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 4.55 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 4.37 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 4.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 4.19 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 -289.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -294.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 3.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 3.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 3.49 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 3.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 3.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 165.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -303.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -304.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 2.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 2.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 -178.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 1.83 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 1.68 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 1.61 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 -414.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -424.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 -429.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 1.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 1.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 -380.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 -382.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 811.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -256.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 -260.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 640.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -267.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 501.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 -239.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -240.00 Mn