Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK)

New York Stock Exchange
USD
US0116591092
17 March 1980  –  31 December 2025

Performance

Annualized Return
9.7%
Sharpe Ratio
0.43
Maximum Drawdown
-82.72%

Metrics

Metric Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $694,176
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date 17.36%
Year-To-Date -22.32%
3M -0.28%
6M 1.66%
Annual Return (3Y) 5.43%
Annual Return (5Y) -0.66%
Annual Return (All) 9.7%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 43.04%
Max Drawdown -82.72%
Sharpe Ratio 0.43
Sortino Ratio 0.64
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.45

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on March 1980.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of December 2025.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 46 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Martin Ratio The Martin Ratio, also known as the Ulcer Performance Index (UPI), is a risk-adjusted performance measure that evaluates the excess return of an investment relative to the severity of its drawdowns. It is calculated by dividing the investment's excess return over the risk-free rate by the Ulcer Index.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
Alaska Air Group, Inc. -22.46 5.43 -0.66 -3.85 9.57 9.7

Annual Returns

Year Alaska Air Group, Inc.
1980 11.77%
1981 55.91%
1982 116.34%
1983 7.23%
1984 8.29%
1985 7.43%
1986 25.19%
1987 -32.13%
1988 49.49%
1989 3.96%
1990 -14.33%
1991 25.47%
1992 -23.31%
1993 -14.4%
1994 6.19%
1995 8.33%
1996 29.23%
1997 84.52%
1998 14.19%
1999 -20.62%
2000 -15.3%
2001 -2.19%
2002 -25.6%
2003 26.05%
2004 22.72%
2005 6.66%
2006 10.58%
2007 -36.68%
2008 16.95%
2009 18.15%
2010 64.03%
2011 32.46%
2012 14.77%
2013 71.27%
2014 64.66%
2015 36.25%
2016 11.98%
2017 -15.9%
2018 -15.55%
2019 13.78%
2020 -22.81%
2021 0.19%
2022 -17.58%
2023 -9.01%
2024 65.73%
2025 -22.32%

Alaska Air Group, Inc. had 31 positive years and 15 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 67%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1980 - - -3.2% -3.3% 3.4% 3.3% 3.2% 0% -3.1% 19.4% 5% -10.8% 11.8%
1981 12.1% 0% 21.6% 17.8% 17% -4.8% -8.5% -3.7% -5.8% 6.1% 15.1% -14% 55.9%
1982 -6.1% -6.5% -7% 15% -4.3% -0% 2.3% 17.8% -1.9% 51.9% 24.1% 8.2% 116.3%
1983 -6.6% 16.2% -6.8% -0.9% 24.5% -1.4% 0% -9.2% 7.6% -8.5% 1.7% -4.2% 7.2%
1984 8.2% -12.3% 4.7% -11.4% -5.1% -3.2% -4.1% 10.4% -1% 5.6% 7% 13.1% 8.3%
1985 20.1% 5.5% 2.6% 4.6% 7.3% 5.7% 7.7% -14% -8.7% -1.7% 0% -16.2% 7.4%
1986 8% 14.4% 4.4% -9.5% 2.7% -14.9% -4.3% 10.4% 4.4% 13.4% -8.6% 7.4% 25.2%
1987 18.3% 12.2% -8.5% -16.4% -2.5% 3.2% 15.6% -4.8% -10.6% -32.5% 6.5% -6.1% -32.1%
1988 13.3% 14.8% -3.6% 12.1% -8.6% 10.9% -5% 6.2% 8.4% 2% -6.5% 0.6% 49.5%
1989 14% 5% 5.2% 10.2% -2.3% 0.9% 0.2% 5.1% -9.2% -9.9% -4.3% -7.8% 4%
1990 3.3% 5.3% 5.6% -7.7% 5.8% -2.2% -8.7% -15.3% -13.7% 6.2% 0% 10.2% -14.3%
1991 23.2% 6.4% 9.3% -10.3% 1.7% -5.5% 9% -3.2% -2.8% -7.7% -4.9% 13% 25.5%
1992 3.7% -1.7% -14.1% -4.3% 13.8% -10.3% -1.8% -3.5% -0.7% -6.2% 3.1% -1.5% -23.3%
1993 1.5% -1.5% 3.8% -2.9% -3% -7% -15% 2.9% -2.9% 25.5% 1.6% -13.1% -14.4%
1994 23.9% -1.4% -15.2% 6.8% 0.8% 0% 3.2% 9.2% -5.6% 3.7% -5.8% -8.4% 6.2%
1995 -0.8% 3.4% 3.3% 7.9% -2.9% 9.8% 5.5% 1.3% -19.2% -4.8% 20.8% -10.4% 8.3%
1996 21.5% 12.7% 20.2% -4.7% 2% 5.3% -12.3% -12% 1.2% 2.9% 9.7% -13% 29.2%
1997 3% 9.8% 7.9% -2.9% -0% 3% 15.4% -7.2% 19.8% 1.5% 12% 3.7% 84.5%
1998 25.3% 13.4% -1.6% 3.7% -17.6% 17.8% -22.8% -7.6% -12.5% 5.5% 4.2% 18.2% 14.2%
1999 13.8% 0.6% -6.3% -7.2% -5.8% 0.6% 6.3% -2.5% -5.9% -2.3% -4.4% -7.6% -20.6%
2000 -9.3% -16.9% 13.4% -4.4% 8.3% -12.9% 1.2% -5.2% -7.7% 8.1% 7.7% 6.5% -15.3%
2001 8.7% -11.6% -10.1% 9.5% 2.1% 0.6% 9.5% 3.2% -38.8% 22.2% 17.4% 1.6% -2.2%
2002 5.4% 1.3% 7.2% -8% -9.1% -6.3% -10% 4% -27.6% 22.3% -2.2% 2.3% -25.6%
2003 -8.7% -8.2% -13.7% 13.9% 6.6% 12.8% 14% 12.8% 0.8% 3.5% -0.1% -5.1% 26.1%
2004 1.9% -7.4% -4.2% -10.3% -6.9% 15.9% -12.7% 13% 5.3% 6.3% 18.6% 7.2% 22.7%
2005 -11.1% -4.8% 3.8% -9.4% 10.7% 0.8% 17.6% -3.6% -13.8% 8.5% 11.7% 1.4% 6.7%
2006 -10.6% 0.4% 10.6% 7.1% 2.1% 1.8% -5.8% 2% 0.5% 5.6% 2.4% -4% 10.6%
2007 8.5% -4.3% -7.1% -22.3% -1.5% -4.5% -16.3% 6.4% -7% 10% -0.3% -1.3% -36.7%
2008 1.2% -3.6% -19.6% 9.5% -9.1% -21.5% 16.6% 17.5% -3% 21.1% -7.1% 27.5% 17%
2009 -9.9% -16.9% -19.8% -4.5% -7.2% 17.3% 26.3% 9.4% 6.2% -4% 16.3% 15.6% 18.2%
2010 -9.3% 11.7% 17.8% 0.4% 12.8% -3.8% 14.8% -14.3% 15.4% 3.5% 4.2% 3.1% 64%
2011 4.5% 0.4% 6.7% 3.9% 2.5% 1.4% -10.7% -5.6% -2.5% 18.2% 4.3% 8.2% 32.5%
2012 1.4% -9.9% 4.5% -5.6% 1.5% 4.7% -2.9% -3.7% 4.5% 9.1% 11.8% 0.8% 14.8%
2013 7.1% 11.8% 24.1% -3.6% -7.8% -8.5% 17.6% -7.1% 10.6% 12.8% 10.3% -5.6% 71.3%
2014 7.8% 9.9% 7.7% 0.8% 4.9% -3.5% -7.5% 5.7% -6% 22.3% 11.1% 1.2% 64.7%
2015 13.6% -5.9% 4% -3.2% 1.2% -0.3% 17.6% -0.9% 6.1% -4% 4.8% 1% 36.3%
2016 -12.6% 5.4% 11% -14.1% -5.3% -12.2% 15.3% 0.9% -2.5% 9.7% 14.4% 7.9% 12%
2017 5.7% 4.6% -5.7% -7.7% 2.7% 3.1% -5.1% -12.1% 2.2% -13.4% 5.2% 6.3% -15.9%
2018 -10.6% -1.4% -3.9% 4.8% -5.8% -0.7% 4% 8% 2% -10.8% 19.8% -16.9% -15.6%
2019 5.1% -3% -9% 10.3% -5.5% 9.8% -0.9% -5.2% 8.7% 7% -0.1% -1.8% 13.8%
2020 -4.7% -21.4% -43.6% 14.2% 5.1% 6.1% -5% 13.1% -6% 3.4% 34.5% 2% -22.8%
2021 -6.1% 33.2% 6.4% -0.1% 0.1% -12.9% -3.8% -1.2% 2.2% -9.9% -8% 7.3% 0.2%
2022 5.1% 2.6% 3.3% -6.2% -11.3% -17% 10.7% -1.7% -10.1% 13.6% 6.7% -9.5% -17.6%
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%
2024 -8.3% 4.4% 15% 0.1% -2.3% -3.9% -7.1% -3.8% 25.2% 6% 9.8% 23.1% 65.7%
2025 13.1% -1.3% -31.9% -10.1% 15% -2.9% 7% 18.5% -20.7% -16.2% 2.7% 17.4% -22.3%
Pos 68.9% 54.5% 54.3% 43.5% 55.6% 50% 51.1% 46.7% 39.1% 67.4% 72.7% 58.7% 67.4%
Avg 4.6% 1.3% -0.5% -0.8% 0.8% -0.2% 1.4% 0.4% -2.8% 4.6% 6.6% 1.3% 14%

Other Return Metrics

Metric Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Cumulative Return 6841.76%
Enh Ann Return 12.78%
Best Year 116.34%
Worst Year -36.68%
Best Month 51.92%
Worst Month -43.58%
Best Day 31.28%
Worst Day -28.57%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 67.39%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 55.98%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 55.29%
Win Ratio (Daily) 49.73%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 51.7 41.25 40.45 42.24 45.23 43.04

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
Alaska Air Group, Inc. -0.24 0.33 0.18 0.12 0.43 0.43

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
1998-04-23 2008-07-15 2011-01-07 4642 -82.72%
2017-03-02 2020-03-20 - 3226 -75.06%
1989-08-11 1993-08-11 1996-04-03 2427 -57.77%
1987-02-23 1987-12-10 1989-04-19 786 -53.04%
1983-06-10 1984-07-16 1985-01-30 600 -48.43%

The Alaska Air Group, Inc. took approximately 78 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 155 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Sharpe Ratio 0.43
Sortino Ratio 0.64
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.45
Calmar Ratio 0.12
Omega Ratio 1.08
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.08
Ulcer Index 0.39
Martin Ratio 0.25
Kelly Criterion 3.75%
Skew 0.26
Kurtosis 9.49
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