Southwest Airlines Co.
General ticker "LUV" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Airlines, Airports & Air Services
- Capitalization: $19.0B (TTM average)
Southwest Airlines Co. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 59.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.5%: low 42.54$, high 43.81$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-01-29 bmo
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-12-26, amount 0.18$ (Y1.67%)
- 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
- Current price 23.3% above estimated high
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below 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 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [22.05$, 35.23$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [21.61$, 34.96$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LUV estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 36.1 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -5.02 < Operating profit margin, % of 1.17
- Negative: Inventory ratio change, % of 1.38 > 0.82
- Positive: -9.48 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 1.17
- Positive: 19.35 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 30.67 <= 42.53
- Positive: -3.57 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 1.36
- Positive: -0.04 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 2.68
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $23,814.00MM | $26,091.00MM | $27,483.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $22,797.00MM | $25,867.00MM | $27,162.00MM |
| Operating Income | $1,017.00MM | $224.00MM | $321.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-289.00MM | $409.00MM | $277.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $340.00MM | $259.00MM | $249.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $728.00MM | $633.00MM | $598.00MM |
| Taxes | $189.00MM | $168.00MM | $133.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $539.00MM | $465.00MM | $465.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $10,687.00MM | $10,515.00MM | $10,350.00MM |
| Inventory | $790.00MM | $807.00MM | $800.00MM |
| Assets | $35,369.00MM | $36,487.00MM | $33,750.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $3,790.00MM | $3,164.00MM | $462.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3,946.00MM | $3,553.00MM | $2,080.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,746.00MM | $-2,932.00MM | $-261.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-3,032.00MM | $-436.00MM | $-1,980.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.91 | $0.78 | $0.78 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.