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Southwest Airlines Company (LUV) Stock

$41.66 +0.73% NYSE: LUV Industrials

Valuation

MetricValue
Price$41.66
Market Cap$20.38B
P/E Ratio25.58
P/B Ratio2.96
P/S Ratio0.69
EPS (TTM)$0.79
52-Week High$55.11
52-Week Low$29.26
Dividend Yield1.70%

Financials & Margins

MetricValue
ROE11.27%
ROA2.78%
ROCE6.18%
Gross Margin1.53%
Operating Margin1.53%
Net Margin2.78%
Debt/Equity0.97
Current Ratio0.52

Annual Financials (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Revenue$15.8B$23.8B$26.1B$27.5B$28.1B
Operating Profit$1.7B$1.0B$224.0M$321.0M$428.0M
Net Profit$977.0M$539.0M$465.0M$465.0M$441.0M
EPS$1.61$0.87$0.76$0.75$0.79
Op Margin10.9%4.3%0.9%1.2%1.5%

Balance Sheet (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Total Assets$36.3B$35.4B$36.5B$33.8B$29.1B
Total Liabilities$25.9B$24.7B$26.0B$23.4B$21.1B
Cash$12.5B$9.5B$9.3B$7.5B$2.8B
Borrowings$12.3B$9.5B$9.2B$8.1B$6.0B

Latest News

Is Southwest Airlines (LUV) Pricey On Its Air Premia Partnership News? Simply Wall St. · Jul 18, 2026 Southwest Airlines (LUV) Opens 120 Plus U.S. Connections Through Air Premia Deal Simply Wall St. · Jul 17, 2026 Boeing Nears Key 737 Max Approval GuruFocus.com · Jul 16, 2026 Southwest Airlines Stock to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in Store? Zacks · Jul 15, 2026 Southwest Airlines (LUV) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth Zacks · Jul 15, 2026

Cash Flow (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Operating Cash Flow$2.3B$3.8B$3.2B$462.0M$1.8B
Investing Cash Flow$-1.8B$-7.7B$-6.5B$-2.3B$-4.1B
Financing Cash Flow$77.0M$8.0M$29.0M$-273.0M$-2.6B
Net Cash Flow$1.4B$-3.0B$-204.0M$-1.8B$-4.3B
Free Cash Flow$1.8B$-156.0M$-356.0M$-1.6B$-831.0M

Valuation & Return Ratios

MetricValue
PEG Ratio0.19
EV / EBITDA8.96
FCF Yield-2.99%
Quick Ratio0.42
Interest Coverage6.09
Return 1Y33.85%
Return 3Y66.65%
Return 5Y-14.62%

Ownership

Insiders Held1.00%
Institutions Held89.59%
Institutions Float Held90.50%
Institutional HolderSharesReport Date
Primecap Management Company47,069,4952026-03-31
Franklin Resources, Inc.44,386,4082026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management LLC31,644,6322026-03-31
Elliott Investment Management L.P.30,346,0002026-03-31
State Street Corporation29,519,7912026-03-31

Peer Comparison

TickerPriceChangeP/EMarket CapDiv Yield
AALAmerican Airlines Group, Inc. $12.76 -0.31% -26.22 $8.45B 0.00%
ALGTAllegiant Travel Company $76.43 +0.02% 57.07 $2.05B 0.00%
ALKAlaska Air Group, Inc. $39.36 -0.40% -25.02 $4.39B 0.00%
AZULAzul S.A. $8.54 -0.81% 18.26 $887.45M 5.85%
DALDelta Air Lines, Inc. $82.17 +0.04% 13.73 $54.04B 1.03%

About Southwest Airlines Company

Southwest Airlines Company is led by CEO Robert E. Jordan, employs 72,790 people, headquartered in Dallas, US, publicly traded since 1980.

Southwest Airlines Company (LUV) stock trades at $41.66 with a market capitalization of $20.38B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.58, price-to-book of 2.96, price-to-sales of 0.69. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $29.26 and $55.11, and currently trades 24.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.70%.

On profitability, Southwest Airlines Company generates a return on equity (ROE) of 11.27%, return on capital employed of 6.18%, an operating margin of 1.53%, a net profit margin of 2.78%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Southwest Airlines Company reported annual revenue of $28.1B, net profit of $441.0M, revenue has compounded at 25.4% a year over the last five years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 0.52, total assets of $29.1B, $2.8B in cash and equivalents.

LUV has an average daily trading volume of 5,801,012 shares, a beta of 1.12.

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