Decline in ALK’s short interest indicates Bullish sentiment

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Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Alaska Air Group Inc shares valued at $404,501 were sold by HARRISON ANDREW R on Jul 28 ’25. At $53.22 per share, HARRISON ANDREW R sold 7,600 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 18,930 shares worth approximately $1.01 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, HARRISON ANDREW R purchased 7,600 shares, netting a total of over 404,501 in proceeds.

Before that, HALVERSON EMILY had sold 2,946 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $151,251, the VP Finance, Controller & Treas traded Alaska Air Group Inc shares for $51.34 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,946 shares, worth approximately $0.44 million.

Analysts at TD Cowen resumed the stock at ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late April. As of April 07, 2025, UBS has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for ALK. Earlier on January 24, 2025, TD Cowen resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for ALK stock.

Analyzing ALK Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Alaska Air Group Inc [NYSE: ALK] plunged -1.51% to $53.33. The stock’s lowest price that day was $52.715, but it reached a high of $54.3559 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.02%. Over the course of the year, Alaska Air Group Inc shares have jumped approximately 35.15%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.20 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Alaska Air Group Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Alaska Air Group Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -2.35 million shares to 5.66 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 8.02 million shares. A decline of -41.51% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.11 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.11.

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In terms of Alaska Air Group Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 63.75 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.73% from the previous closing price of $54.15. Analysts anticipate Alaska Air Group Inc stock to reach 103 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 45. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Alaska Air Group Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 07, 2025, Susquehanna assigned a price target of “a Positive” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $95.

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