Southwest Airlines Co
General ticker "LUV" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Passenger Airlines
- Capitalization: $19.8B
Southwest Airlines Co follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 24.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 32.48$, high 33.40$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-09-04, amount 0.18$ (Y2.13%)
- Current price 13.8% 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 2023-12-31 to 2025-12-30
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-30 estimated range: [17.13$, 29.76$]
- 2024-12-30 to 2025-12-30 estimated range: [19.79$, 32.54$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LUV estimates:
- Negative: Operating profit margin, % of 0.86 <= 1.03
- Positive: 0.93 < Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 1.57
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 18.90 > 12.76
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.09 <= 1.08
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share, $ of -4.93 <= -3.48
- Negative: 0 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.46
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Financial data
| YTD | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $18,750.00MM | $23,814.00MM | $26,091.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $17,029.00MM | $22,797.00MM | $25,867.00MM |
| Operating Income | $1,721.00MM | $1,017.00MM | $224.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-396.00MM | $-289.00MM | $409.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $431.00MM | $301.00MM | $236.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,325.00MM | $728.00MM | $633.00MM |
| Taxes | $348.00MM | $189.00MM | $168.00MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $977.00MM | $539.00MM | $465.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $10,414.00MM | $10,687.00MM | $10,515.00MM |
| Inventory | $537.00MM | $790.00MM | $807.00MM |
| Assets | $36,320.00MM | $35,369.00MM | $36,487.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,322.00MM | $3,790.00MM | $3,164.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $511.00MM | $3,946.00MM | $3,553.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,264.00MM | $-3,746.00MM | $-2,932.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $359.00MM | $-3,032.00MM | $-436.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $1.65 | $0.91 | $0.81 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.