Alaska Air Group Stock News

After an early start for the Santa Claus rally in the third week of December, stocks were able to move higher last Monday but then drifted a little lower throughout the week. The Santa Claus rally technically goes into the first two trading days of January, so St. Nick has two more days to help investors. This morning hes getting help from the Russell 2000 futures (/RTY) which are leading other equity indices higher. The employment picture will be in focus as a few jobs reports will be released nearly every day this week. The jobs reports will be capped off by the big Employment Situation report on Friday. Employment has been a big factor in the Feds tapering and interest rate decisions. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA ) is up more than 7% in premarket trading on news that the company delivered a record number of vehicles in the fourth quarter. Many analysts were forced to readjust their fourth-quarter earnings estimates higher on the news. Not to be outdone, the China-based electric vehicle maker Nio (NYSE: NIO ) also announced a 50% year-over-year increase in its deliveries for December.

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Stephen Trent, Citigroup airline analyst, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the omicron variant's impact on airlines, what long-term business travel looks like and when Trent believes internatio

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Shares of Alaska Air Group Inc. ALK, +0.53% fell 0.8% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the air carrier said overnight that it will cut departures from Seattle by about 20%, as it continues to be

U.S carriers Delta Air Lines and Alaska Air Group canceled hundreds of flights on Tuesday due to adverse weather conditions and rising cases of the Omicron variant.

Helane Becker, senior research analyst at Cowen, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the holiday weekend's mass flight cancellations amid the worrisome omicron Covid-19 variant.

Analysts expect that Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) will post $1.85 billion in sales for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Four analysts have provided estimates for Alaska Air Groups earnings. The lowest sales estimate is $1.83 billion and the highest is $1.86 billion. Alaska Air Group reported sales of $808.00 million during []

CNBC's Phil LeBeau joins 'Squawk on the Street' to report on potential holiday travel headwinds amid rising Covid-19 cases.

Wall Street analysts expect that Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) will report earnings per share of $0.21 for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Four analysts have provided estimates for Alaska Air Groups earnings. The highest EPS estimate is $0.30 and the lowest is $0.13. Alaska Air Group posted earnings of ($2.55) []

Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC lowered its stake in shares of Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) by 32.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,928 shares of the transportation companys stock after selling 3,377 shares during the period. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLCs holdings []

Alaska Air has a superior competitive position. But the stock trades at a discount.