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Alaska Air (ALK) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Alaska Air (ALK) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% to 0.02% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.02%, a 2.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.05%, up 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.02% for Q3 2025 at Alaska Air, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.17% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.02% and a median of 0.04% in 2025 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Capital Employed was 24bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -25bps in 2021.
  • Alaska Air's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.07% in 2021, then crashed by -90bps to 0.01% in 2022, then surged by 432bps to 0.04% in 2023, then increased by 12bps to 0.04% in 2024, then crashed by -46bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ALK's Return on Capital Employed are 0.02% (Q3 2025), 0.04% (Q2 2025), and 0.04% (Q1 2025).