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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Alaska Air (ALK)

Alaska Air Group Q4 adjusted EPS $0.97 beats guidance; 2025 outlook above $5.75

Positive Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Alaska Air Group reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $0.97 per share, above its prior guidance of $0.40 to $0.50, and full-year 2024 adjusted EPS of $4.87. It guided full-year 2025 adjusted EPS above $5.75 but expects a first-quarter 2025 loss of $0.50 to $0.70 per share. The company also authorized a new $1 billion share repurchase plan over four years.

Key points

  • Q4 2024 adjusted EPS was $0.97 versus prior guidance of $0.40 to $0.50; GAAP EPS was $0.55.
  • Full-year 2024 revenue was $11.7 billion; GAAP net income was $395 million, compared with $235 million in 2023.
  • Full-year 2025 adjusted EPS is expected to be above $5.75; Q1 2025 adjusted EPS is expected to be a loss of $0.70 to $0.50 per share.
  • A new $1 billion share repurchase plan begins in January 2025; about $250 million of shares were repurchased in Q4 2024.

The filing

CompanyAlaska Air (ALK)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 22, 2025, 5:21 PM ET
Accession number0000766421-25-000005

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:00 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 22, 2025.

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