Seasonality
ALK seasonality — Alaska Air Group
Over the last 11 years, ALK's strongest month on average has been November (+9.8%) and its weakest March (-11.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.00% | +3.06% | 60% | +19.6% | -10.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.04% | +0.10% | 50% | +33.2% | -21.9% | 10 |
| Mar | -11.04% | -7.38% | 30% | +15.0% | -43.6% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.52% | +1.82% | 60% | +14.2% | -10.1% | 10 |
| May | +1.77% | +1.20% | 60% | +17.7% | -11.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.35% | +1.21% | 50% | +18.4% | -17.0% | 10 |
| Jul | -1.77% | -4.40% | 30% | +10.7% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.24% | -2.76% | 30% | +18.5% | -13.7% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.45% | -1.96% | 50% | +25.2% | -20.7% | 10 |
| Oct | -4.28% | -8.81% | 40% | +13.6% | -16.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +9.85% | +6.70% | 78% | +34.5% | -8.0% | 9 |
| Dec | +3.90% | +4.80% | 70% | +23.1% | -16.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — ALK
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.1 | 1.5 | -28.7 | 6.3 | 17.7 | 13.4 | -9.1 | -12.9 | -6.4 | -7.7 | 9.1 | -22.6% | |
| 2025 | 13.1 | -1.3 | -31.9 | -10.1 | 15.0 | -2.9 | 7.0 | 18.5 | -20.7 | -16.2 | 2.7 | 17.4 | -22.3% |
| 2024 | -8.3 | 4.3 | 15.0 | 0.1 | -2.3 | -3.9 | -7.1 | -3.8 | 25.2 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 23.1 | +65.7% |
| 2023 | 19.6 | -6.8 | -12.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 18.4 | -8.6 | -13.7 | -11.7 | -14.7 | 19.5 | 3.3 | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | -6.2 | -11.3 | -17.0 | 10.7 | -1.7 | -10.1 | 13.6 | 6.7 | -9.5 | -17.6% |
| 2021 | -6.1 | 33.2 | 6.4 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -12.8 | -3.8 | -1.2 | 2.2 | -9.9 | -8.0 | 7.3 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | -4.7 | -21.9 | -43.6 | 14.2 | 5.1 | 6.0 | -5.0 | 13.1 | -6.0 | 3.4 | 34.5 | 2.0 | -23.2% |
| 2019 | 5.1 | -3.5 | -9.0 | 10.3 | -6.0 | 9.8 | -0.9 | -5.7 | 8.7 | 7.0 | -0.6 | -1.8 | +11.3% |
| 2018 | -10.6 | -1.9 | -3.9 | 4.8 | -6.3 | -0.7 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 2.0 | -10.8 | 19.3 | -16.9 | -17.2% |
| 2017 | 5.7 | 4.3 | -5.7 | -7.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | -5.0 | -12.4 | 2.2 | -13.4 | 4.8 | 6.3 | -17.1% |
| 2016 | 7.8 |