Southwest Airlines Co.
General ticker "LUV" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Airlines, Airports & Air Services
- Capitalization: $19.0B (TTM average)
Southwest Airlines Co. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 52.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.4%: low 41.62$, high 43.63$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-04-22 bmo
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-03-12, amount 0.18$ (Y1.69%)
- Total employees count: 72450 (-3.1%) as of 2024
- North America accounted for 97.2% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Jet fuel price volatility, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Dependence on boeing MAX aircraft, Cybersecurity threats
- Price in estimated range
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: [31.80$, 49.03$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [31.03$, 48.57$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LUV estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 41.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: -4.72 < Operating profit margin, % of 1.53
- Positive: 6.68 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 8.25
- Positive: 19.49 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 27.46 <= 42.60
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 8.73
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.51 <= 0.73
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 2.80 <= 3.02
- Positive: -14.24 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -6.40
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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 | $113.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $633.00MM | $598.00MM | $563.00MM |
| Taxes | $168.00MM | $133.00MM | $122.00MM |
| Profit(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 | $3,553.00MM | $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.