Southwest Airlines Co.
General ticker "LUV" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Airlines, Airports & Air Services
- Capitalization: $20.5B (TTM average)
Southwest Airlines Co. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 38.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.8%: low 39.28$, high 40.68$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-10-21 amc
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-09-03, amount 0.18$ (Y1.82%)
- Total employees count: 72790 (+0.5%) as of 2025
- North America accounted for 97.2% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Fuel price volatility, Boeing dependency, Extreme weather events, Cybersecurity threats
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [35.33$, 53.96$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [35.51$, 54.69$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LUV estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 41.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 0.56 < Operating profit margin, % of 1.53
- Positive: 0.90 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 1.49
- Positive: 0.59 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 1.43
- Positive: 6.77 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 8.23
- Positive: -7.11 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -6.38
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.75 <= 0.75
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 1.10 <= 1.34
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $26,091.00MM | $27,483.00MM | $28,063.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $25,867.00MM | $27,162.00MM | $27,635.00MM |
| Operating Income | $224.00MM | $321.00MM | $428.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $409.00MM | $277.00MM | $135.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $259.00MM | $249.00MM | $167.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $633.00MM | $598.00MM | $563.00MM |
| Taxes | $168.00MM | $133.00MM | $122.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $465.00MM | $465.00MM | $441.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $10,515.00MM | $10,350.00MM | $7,981.00MM |
| Inventory | $807.00MM | $800.00MM | $775.00MM |
| Assets | $36,487.00MM | $33,750.00MM | $29,061.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $3,164.00MM | $462.00MM | $1,842.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3,520.00MM | $2,080.00MM | $2,673.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-2,932.00MM | $-261.00MM | $-1,429.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-436.00MM | $-1,980.00MM | $-4,691.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.78 | $0.78 | $0.82 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.