ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC. vs LATAM Airlines Group S.A., two Airlines stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ALK and LTM diverge most: on operating margin, ALK reads -8.4% and LTM reads 16.4%; on debt / equity, ALK reads 1.45 and LTM reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ALK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ALK | LTM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $53.84 | $58.63 |
| Market cap | $6.2B | $34.6B |
| Sector | Airlines | Airlines |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +2.4% |
| P/B | 1.65 | 25.68 |
| P/S | 0.43 | 2.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.8 | 8.0 |
| Revenue growth | +14.6% | +34.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.2% |
| Operating margin | -8.4% | 16.4% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 10.3% |
| Return on equity | 2.0% | 108.8% |
| Return on assets | 0.4% | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.9% | 156.9% |
| FCF yield | 19.7% | 5.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.45 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.43 | 0.60 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.76 | 2.49 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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