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How Alaska Air Group, Inc. stacks up
ALK · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
13/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #382 of 469 · scores higher than 18% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including ALK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 13?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 88% of peers. Operating margin: -1.5% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 87% of peers. Return on invested capital: -2.0% vs peer median 7.1%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 86% of peers. Return on assets: -0.8% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ALK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ALK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported | -2.0% | 8.2% | 15% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported | -1.5% | 8.5% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported | -0.8% | 4.4% | 20% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported | -4.6% | 11.5% | 18% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported | 17.7% | 30.1% | 20% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ALK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 377 | 4.9B USD | 15 | 38 | |
| 379 | 849M USD | 14 | 42 | |
| 379 | 270M USD | 14 | 41 | |
| 379 | 1.9B USD | 14 | 19 | |
| 382 | 4.1B USD | 13 | 24 | |
| 382 | 2.5B USD | 13 | 33 | |
| 382 | 1.7B USD | 13 | 28 | |
| 385 | Unavailable | 12 | 22 | |
| 385 | 3.2B USD | 12 | 22 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score