Use Alaska to protect against small markets fluctuations. The stock experiences normal downward trend, but the immediate impact on correlations cannot be determined at the moment
1 Month Beta ..........
0.84
As returns on market increase, Alaska returns are expected to increase less than the market. However during bear market, the loss on holding Alaska will be expected to be smaller as well.
Bradley Tilden CEO, Director, Member of Management Executive Committee, CEO of Horizon Air, CEO of Alaska Airlines and President of Alaska Airlines, MBA
William Ayer Executive Chairman and President Chairman of Alaska Airlines and Chairman of Air Industries
Kelley Dobbs Vice President - Human Resources and Labor Relations
The median price of Alaska for the period between Wed, Apr 25, 2012 and Fri, May 25, 2012 is 33.71 with a coefficient of variation of 1.95. The daily time series for the period is distributed with a sample standard deviation of 0.65, arithmetic mean of 33.43, and mean deviation of 0.55. The Stock received substential amount of media coverage during this period.
Alaska Air Group Inc. [ALK] is traded on American Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in Alaska Air Group, Inc.Seattle, WA and employs 11,832 people. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with total capitalization of 2.41 B. Alaska Air Group Inc. runs under Services sector within Regional Airlines industry. This company has 71.1 M outstanding shares of which 2.23 M shares are presently shorted by investors with about 2.9 days to cover shorted positions.
Alaska Liquidity
ALASKA AIR GROUP has about 1.14 B in cash with 760.5 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 16.05.
The company has 1.27 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.04 which is OK given its current industry classification. Alaska Air Group Inc. has Current Ratio of 0.97 suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due.