Southwest Airlines Co.

NYSE:LUV Stock Report

Market Cap: US$17.9b

Southwest Airlines Valuation

Is LUV undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LUV when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$0.50
Fair Value
6.3k% overvalued intrinsic discount
22
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: LUV ($31.85) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($0.5)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LUV is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LUV?

Key metric: As LUV is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LUV. This is calculated by dividing LUV's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LUV's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio33.2x
EarningsUS$547.00m
Market CapUS$17.88b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LUV's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LUV vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.2x
UAL United Airlines Holdings
6.8x2.79%US$25.8b
DAL Delta Air Lines
9x4.84%US$33.0b
AAL American Airlines Group
11.3x29.78%US$7.8b
ALK Alaska Air Group
17.8x41.13%US$6.6b
LUV Southwest Airlines
33.2x32.09%US$17.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LUV is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x) compared to the peer average (11.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LUV's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Airlines Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LUV 33.2xIndustry Avg. 9.6xNo. of Companies10PE0612182430+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LUV is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x) compared to the Global Airlines industry average (9.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LUV's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LUV PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio33.2x
Fair PE Ratio23.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LUV is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LUV forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$31.85
US$29.01
-8.90%
22.41%US$40.00US$19.00n/a22
May ’26US$28.58
US$28.39
-0.67%
21.36%US$40.00US$19.00n/a22
Apr ’26US$31.59
US$32.89
+4.11%
15.62%US$44.00US$24.00n/a21
Mar ’26US$31.06
US$31.60
+1.75%
15.54%US$42.00US$24.00n/a21
Feb ’26US$30.71
US$32.93
+7.22%
15.04%US$42.00US$24.00n/a20
Jan ’26US$33.62
US$31.83
-5.33%
16.71%US$42.00US$23.12n/a21
Dec ’25US$32.36
US$29.62
-8.46%
15.93%US$39.00US$19.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$30.61
US$29.67
-3.07%
16.84%US$39.00US$19.00n/a17
Oct ’25US$29.88
US$26.42
-11.57%
19.20%US$35.00US$19.00n/a17
Sep ’25US$28.92
US$25.32
-12.46%
17.10%US$33.00US$19.00n/a16
Aug ’25US$26.36
US$25.44
-3.49%
16.97%US$33.00US$19.00n/a16
Jul ’25US$28.11
US$26.36
-6.22%
16.83%US$37.00US$19.00n/a16
Jun ’25US$26.84
US$26.96
+0.45%
18.56%US$38.00US$19.00n/a18
May ’25US$25.67
US$27.07
+5.44%
18.52%US$38.00US$19.00US$28.5818
Apr ’25US$29.18
US$29.88
+2.40%
19.52%US$42.00US$19.00US$31.5919
Mar ’25US$33.96
US$29.56
-12.95%
21.77%US$42.00US$19.00US$31.0619
Feb ’25US$30.18
US$28.01
-7.21%
23.06%US$40.00US$15.00US$30.7119
Jan ’25US$28.88
US$26.53
-8.13%
26.56%US$47.00US$18.00US$33.6219
Dec ’24US$26.69
US$26.48
-0.79%
26.55%US$47.00US$18.00US$32.3619
Nov ’24US$22.23
US$28.16
+26.67%
25.22%US$47.00US$18.00US$30.6119
Oct ’24US$27.07
US$34.04
+25.75%
21.58%US$55.00US$20.00US$29.8819
Sep ’24US$31.42
US$36.26
+15.41%
18.93%US$55.00US$25.00US$28.9219
Aug ’24US$33.43
US$38.23
+14.37%
15.17%US$55.00US$30.00US$26.3618
Jul ’24US$36.21
US$40.95
+13.09%
17.44%US$60.00US$32.00US$28.1118
Jun ’24US$29.11
US$40.45
+38.96%
18.24%US$63.00US$32.00US$26.8418
May ’24US$30.59
US$42.57
+39.15%
22.28%US$64.00US$32.00US$25.6718
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 22 Analysts
US$29.01
Fair Value
9.8% overvalued intrinsic discount
22
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/15 21:44
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/15 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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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.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Lindsay BettiolAtlantic Equities LLP
Fred LowranceAvondale Partners