1LUV Stock Overview

Operates as a passenger airline company that provides scheduled air transportation services in the United States and near-international markets. More details

1LUV fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 31.7% per year

Earnings grew by 39.2% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Dividend of 2.31% is not well covered by free cash flows

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Southwest Airlines Co. Competitors

International Consolidated Airlines Group

LSE:IAG

UK£14.1b

ENAV

BIT:ENAV

€2.2b

United Airlines Holdings

NasdaqGS:UAL

US$25.2b

Türk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi

IBSE:THYAO

₺405.7b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Southwest Airlines
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$27.79
52 Week High	US$0
52 Week Low	US$0
Beta	1.17
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	25.38%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	1LUV	IT Airlines	IT Market
7D	4.1%	1.1%	2.0%
1Y	n/a	16.9%	12.5%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how 1LUV performed against the Italian Airlines industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how 1LUV performed against the Italian Market.

Price Volatility

Is 1LUV's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1LUV volatility
1LUV Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Airlines Industry Average Movement	6.4%
Market Average Movement	5.4%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.8%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	3.3%

Stable Share Price: 1LUV's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine 1LUV's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1967	71,506	Bob Jordan	www.southwest.com

Southwest Airlines Co. operates as a passenger airline company that provides scheduled air transportation services in the United States and near-international markets. As of December 31, 2024, the company operated a total fleet of 803 Boeing 737 aircraft; and served 117 destinations in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as ten near-international countries, including Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. It also provides inflight entertainment and connectivity services; and Rapid Rewards loyalty program that enables program members to earn points for dollars spent on Southwest base fares.

Southwest Airlines Co. Fundamentals Summary

How do Southwest Airlines's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1LUV fundamental statistics
Market cap	€15.79b
Earnings (TTM)	€486.06m
Revenue (TTM)	€24.51b

32.5x

P/E Ratio

0.6x

P/S Ratio

Is 1LUV overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1LUV income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$27.58b
Cost of Revenue	US$21.47b
Gross Profit	US$6.12b
Other Expenses	US$5.57b
Earnings	US$547.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.96
Gross Margin	22.17%
Net Profit Margin	1.98%
Debt/Equity Ratio	71.5%

How did 1LUV perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.3%

Current Dividend Yield

78%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/12 15:58
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Southwest Airlines Co. is covered by 44 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
John Staszak	Argus Research Company
Lindsay Bettiol	Atlantic Equities LLP
Fred Lowrance	Avondale Partners