Alaska Air vs SkyWest
ALK and SKYW side by side, both in air transportation, scheduled, and air courier. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ALK and SKYW compare
Alaska Air is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as SkyWest ($4.6B against $3.2B).
Alaska Air grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.2% versus 7.0% for SkyWest).
SkyWest keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.7% compared with −2.6% at Alaska Air.
SkyWest scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 5 for Alaska Air), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALK | SKYW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.6B | $3.2B |
| Share price | $41.03 | $85.41 |
| Change, 1 year | −3.1% | −13.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −22.2% | 95.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.06 | 1.15 |
| Employees | 36K | 16K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 8.3× |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 0.8× |
| P/B | 1.3× | 1.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.5× | 5.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 4.3× |
| PEG | – | 0.09 |
| FCF yield | – | 23.5% |
| Fair value | $78.69 | $152.02 |
| Margin of safety | 47.9% (better) | 43.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.2% (better) | 7.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 31.9% (better) | 13.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −363% | −4.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −383% | −1.4% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | −1.9% | 13.9% (better) |
| Net margin | −2.6% | 9.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 17.9% |
| Return on equity | −10.5% | 15.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −3.3% | 10.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.69 | 0.84 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.99 | 1.91 (better) |
| Interest coverage | −0.9× | 5.9× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.46 | 0.58 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.91 | 1.75 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 6.1% (better) | −0.09% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.1% (better) | −0.09% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.1% | 95.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.73% | 2.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.5M (better) | −$16.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.3% | 4.0% |
Go deeper
- ALK stock overview
- ALK income statement
- ALK valuation and score
- SKYW stock overview
- SKYW income statement
- SKYW valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.