Alaska Air (ALK) Tax Rate (2009 - 2025)
Alaska Air's Tax Rate was 64.49% in Q2 2026, up 36.75 percentage points from 27.73% a year earlier and up 25.37 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alaska Air (ALK) Tax Rate (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Alaska Air's Tax Rate was 55.13% through Jun 30, 2026, up 31.10 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 31.51%, up 3.98 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has now increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of +3.46 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 27.52% in FY2024 (+0.28 pp), 27.24% in FY2023 (+0.66 pp), 26.58% in FY2022 (+2.58 pp) and 24.01% in FY2021 (-4.04 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q4 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has increased for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -8.30 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 112.86 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2024 (a drop of 139.87 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, ALK's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 39.12% (Q1 2026), 30.00% (Q4 2025) and 34.23% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 161.79 Bn | 156.31 Bn | - | 22.00% |
| 2 | Csx | 86.21 Bn | 82.43 Bn | - | 24.09% |
| 3 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 74.26 Bn | 73.97 Bn | - | 24.65% |
| 4 | United Parcel Service | 70.36 Bn | 47.28 Bn | - | 20.63% |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 69.74 Bn | 64.38 Bn | - | 23.46% |
| 6 | Fedex | 67.91 Bn | 33.85 Bn | - | 24.21% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 55.33 Bn | 37.51 Bn | - | 20.16% |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 36.95 Bn | 36.21 Bn | - | 25.00% |
| 9 | United Airlines Holdings | 36.28 Bn | -20.09 Bn | - | 21.54% |
| 10 | Alaska Air | 4.41 Bn | -3.41 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 30.00% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 34.23% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 27.73% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.13% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 28.05% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 30.38% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 150.00% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.98% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 26.15% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 37.14% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 38.46% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 24.86% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 37.93% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 20.82% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 24.81% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 25.51% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 22.60% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 25.36% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 33.33% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 36.11% |
API Access
Alaska Air Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=ALK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "ALK", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=ALK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();