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LUV Southwest Airlines Co.

New York Stock Exchange · Airlines, Airports & Air Services · Industrials

$44.26
-0.61 (-1.36%)

Southwest Airlines Co. functions as a passenger airline, offering scheduled air travel services predominantly across the United States and to select neighboring international markets. As of December 31, 2021, the company maintained a consistent fleet of 728 Boeing 737 aircraft. Its extensive route network served 121 different locations, spanning 42 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the Co…

Market Cap: $21.65Bwww.southwest.com

Price (90d)

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Signal Score (90d)

140
140
Aug 10Aug 10

Quote

Day Range
$44.10 – $45.14
52-Week Range
$29.26 – $55.11
Volume
$2.41M
Market Cap
$21.65B
50-Day Avg
$47.12
200-Day Avg
$42.43
Prev Close
$44.87
Open
$44.75

Valuation & Ratios

P/E Ratio
50.40
EPS
$0.82
P/B Ratio
2.80
P/S Ratio
0.80
Debt/Equity
0.75
Current Ratio
0.52
Dividend Yield
+1.8%
Gross Margin
+17.4%

Returns & Efficiency

Return on Equity
+5.5%
Return on Assets
+1.5%
FCF Yield
-3.7%
EV/EBITDA
11.39

Revenue & Net Income (Annual)

Fiscal YearRevenueNet IncomeEPS
2025$28.06B$441.00M$0.82
2024$27.48B$465.00M$0.81
2023$26.09B$465.00M$0.81
2022$23.81B$539.00M$0.91
2021$15.79B$977.00M$1.65

Social Signal Score

90
5d
90
1 mentions
30d
90
1 mentions
60d
90
1 mentions
90d
90
1 mentions
news: 1

Earnings

Wed, Oct 21(in 2 months)

Consensus estimate $0.69 per share

5of 7 quarters beat consensus

Typical surprise +21.3% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)

  • Wed, Jul 22$0.94 vs $0.51beat
  • Wed, Apr 22$0.45 vs $0.47miss
  • Wed, Jan 28$0.58 vs $0.57beat
  • Wed, Oct 22$0.11 vs $-0.04beat
  • Wed, Jul 23$0.43 vs $0.51miss
  • Wed, Apr 23$-0.13 vs $-0.18beat

Estimates and results for LUV via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.

Valuation

Project earnings forward and see what return today's price implies.

Seeded from LUV's reported EPS growth of -16.0% a year over 4 years. Historical EPS growth of -16% would project the company towards zero. Floored at -15% as a starting point.

EPS in 5 years
$0.36
Implied price
$18.12
Return from $44.26
-16.4% a year

To earn 15.0% a year on these assumptions you'd need to buy at $9.01 -79.6% below today's price.

How sensitive is that answer?

Annual return across nearby assumptions. If the result is only attractive in one corner, that is the finding.

growth \ P/E3442505866
-25.0%-31.7%-28.7%-26.2%-24.0%-22.0%
-20.0%-27.1%-24.0%-21.3%-18.9%-16.8%
-15.0%-22.6%-19.2%-16.4%-13.8%-11.6%
-10.0%-18.0%-14.5%-11.4%-8.8%-6.4%
-5.0%-13.5%-9.7%-6.5%-3.7%-1.2%

This is arithmetic on assumptions you chose, not a forecast or a recommendation. It ignores dividends, buybacks, share issuance and debt, and it assumes a company still earning money in 5 years. Change any input and the answer changes a lot — that sensitivity is the honest result, not a flaw in the model.

Mentions (1)

  • Newsprnewswire.com·4d ago·Positive

    Southwest Airlines Appoints Jason Liberty and Varun Krishna to Board of Directors DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today announced Jason Liberty, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Royal Caribbean Group, and Varun Krishna, Chief Executive Officer, Rocket Companies, will join the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.  The Board determined that adding two directors with extensive public company leadership experience and deep expertise in te

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