secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC. (ALK)
CIK:        0000766421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000766421-25-000064
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Alaska Air Group slashes Q4 adjusted EPS guide to ~$0.10 from at least $0.40 on $0.55-0.60 in headwinds
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- IT and cloud outage in late Oct expected to reduce EPS by $0.25 from ~400 cancellations.
- Government shutdown caused ~600 cancellations and lost bookings, reducing EPS by $0.15.
- Higher economic fuel cost of ~$2.65/gal (vs prior $2.55 midpoint) adds $0.15 EPS headwind.
- Q4 tax rate now 40-50% (FY 2025 ~27%), contributing additional ~$0.10-0.15 EPS drag.
- Capacity (ASMs) expected up ~2% vs pro forma 2024; RASM up ~1%; CASMex up ~3%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766421/000076642125000064/0000766421-25-000064-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766421/000076642125000064/alk-20251203.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000766421-25-000064

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