Alaska Air (ALK) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Alaska Air (ALK) reported Return on Capital Employed of 1.66% for Q1 2026, up 55.0% year-over-year from 1.07% in Q1 2025, and down 25.28% quarter-over-quarter from 2.23% in Q4 2025.
Alaska Air (ALK) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Alaska Air (ALK) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.66% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.66%, up 55.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.66% (up 55.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.25%, down 291.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 1.66% in Q1 2026 per ALK's latest filing, from 2.23% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.77% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 0.71% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 2.42% and a median of 2.23% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- On a YoY basis, Return on Capital Employed climbed as much as 2397 bps in 2022 and fell as far as 619 bps in 2022.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.71% in 2022, then soared by 432 bps to 3.78% in 2023, then tumbled by 65 bps to 1.31% in 2024, then jumped by 70 bps to 2.23% in 2025, then retreated by 25 bps to 1.66% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ALK's Return on Capital Employed at 1.66% in Q1 2026, 2.23% in Q4 2025, and 2.26% in Q3 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryanair Holdings | 453.97 Bn | 448.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 25.23% |
| 2 | Delta Air Lines | 54.89 Bn | 49.84 Bn | 15.19 Bn | 11.47% |
| 3 | Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V | 47.52 Bn | 46.49 Bn | -239.00 Mn | 7,568,387.53% |
| 4 | Southwest Airlines | 23.88 Bn | 20.55 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 5.87% |
| 5 | Copa Holdings | 6.22 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 713.71 Mn | 16.15% |
| 6 | Alaska Air | 5.64 Bn | 3.87 Bn | 3.20 Bn | 1.66% |
| 7 | Skywest | 3.71 Bn | 3.08 Bn | 924.11 Mn | 10.50% |
| 8 | Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V | 2.23 Bn | 2.23 Bn | - | 3.51% |
| 9 | Jetblue Airways | 2.11 Bn | -62.86 Mn | 1.87 Bn | -3.55% |
| 10 | Allegiant Travel | 1.82 Bn | 921.81 Mn | 651.87 Mn | 1.70% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.66% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.23% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.26% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.77% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.12% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.21% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.95% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.19% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.78% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.88% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.51% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.92% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.71% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.86% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.94% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.77% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.90% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.50% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -8.09% |