southwest airlines co. - LUV

LUV

Close Chg Chg %
52.50 1.75 3.33%

Closed Market

54.25

+1.75 (3.33%)

Volume: 14.80M

Last Updated:

Feb 6, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: southwest airlines co. - LUV

LUV Key Data

Open

$52.67

Day Range

52.67 - 54.70

52 Week Range

23.82 - 54.70

Market Cap

$27.20B

Shares Outstanding

517.16M

Public Float

485.23M

Beta

1.15

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

66.47

EPS

$0.87

Yield

137.12%

Dividend

$0.18

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 26, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

10.98M

 

LUV Performance

1 Week
 
14.18%
 
1 Month
 
21.88%
 
3 Months
 
67.21%
 
1 Year
 
75.03%
 
5 Years
 
8.41%
 

LUV Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 26
Full Ratings ➔

About southwest airlines co. - LUV

Southwest Airlines Co. engages in the operation and management of a passenger airline. The firm also offers ancillary services such as early bird check-in, upgraded boarding, and transportation of pets and unaccompanied minors. It operates in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. The company was founded by Rollin W. King and Herbert D. Kelleher on March 9, 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

LUV At a Glance

Southwest Airlines Co.
PO Box 36611
Dallas, Texas 75235-1611
Phone 1-214-792-4000 Revenue 28.06B
Industry Airlines Net Income 442.00M
Sector Transportation 2025 Sales Growth 2.11%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees N/A
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LUV Valuation

P/E Current 66.468
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 52.316
Price to Sales Ratio 0.822
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 12.52
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.984
Enterprise Value to Sales 0.92
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.232

LUV Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 385,533.727
Income Per Employee 6,072.263
Receivables Turnover 24.424
Total Asset Turnover 0.868

LUV Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.517
Quick Ratio 0.446
Cash Ratio 0.296

LUV Profitability

Gross Margin 17.443
Operating Margin 1.525
Pretax Margin 2.006
Net Margin 1.575
Return on Assets 1.363
Return on Equity 4.812
Return on Total Capital 3.159
Return on Invested Capital 2.962

LUV Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 74.94
Total Debt to Total Capital 42.838
Total Debt to Total Assets 19.229
Long-Term Debt to Equity 66.972
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 38.282
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Annual Financials for Southwest Airlines Co. - LUV

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
23.81B 26.09B 27.48B 28.06B
Sales Growth
+50.82% +9.56% +5.34% +2.11%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
19.79B 21.88B 22.80B 22.88B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.35B 1.52B 1.66B 1.56B
Depreciation
- - - -
-
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+35.25% +10.54% +4.25% +0.32%
Gross Income
4.03B 4.22B 4.68B 5.18B
Gross Income Growth
+247.28% +4.75% +10.98% +10.81%
Gross Profit Margin
+16.90% +16.16% +17.03% +18.48%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
3.73B 3.99B 4.13B 4.37B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
3.73B 3.99B 4.13B 4.47B
SGA Growth
+56.11% +7.08% +3.46% +5.86%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
229.00M 104.00M 184.00M 234.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
68.00M 120.00M 365.00M 579.00M
Non Operating Income/Expense
961.00M 749.00M 447.00M 97.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
217.00M 583.00M 497.00M 205.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
301.00M 236.00M 214.00M 113.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-30.16% -21.59% -9.32% -47.20%
Gross Interest Expense
340.00M 259.00M 249.00M 167.00M
Interest Capitalized
39.00M 23.00M 35.00M 54.00M
Pretax Income
728.00M 633.00M 598.00M 563.00M
Pretax Income Growth
-45.06% -13.05% -5.53% -5.85%
Pretax Margin
+3.06% +2.43% +2.18% +2.01%
Income Tax
189.00M 168.00M 133.00M 122.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- (39.00M) 9.00M 1.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
228.00M 159.00M 132.00M 122.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - 20.00M 1.00M
-
Consolidated Net Income
539.00M 465.00M 485.00M 442.00M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
539.00M 465.00M 485.00M 442.00M
Net Income Growth
-44.83% -13.73% +4.30% -8.87%
Net Margin Growth
+2.26% +1.78% +1.76% +1.58%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
539.00M 465.00M 485.00M 442.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
539.00M 465.00M 485.00M 442.00M
EPS (Basic)
0.9089 0.7815 0.811 0.8185
EPS (Basic) Growth
-44.93% -14.02% +3.77% +0.92%
Basic Shares Outstanding
593.00M 595.00M 598.00M 540.00M
EPS (Diluted)
0.8396 0.7266 0.7543 0.7921
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-47.67% -13.46% +3.81% +5.01%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
642.00M 640.00M 643.00M 558.00M
EBITDA
1.65B 1.75B 2.21B 2.37B
EBITDA Growth
+3,732.56% +5.95% +26.35% +7.57%
EBITDA Margin
+6.92% +6.69% +8.03% +8.46%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 48.214
Number of Ratings 26 Current Quarters Estimate 0.519
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 4.037
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.58 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.93 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.866
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 19 19 23 23
Mean Estimate 0.52 1.43 4.04 4.87
High Estimates 0.70 1.70 5.00 6.10
Low Estimate 0.45 1.24 2.27 2.94
Coefficient of Variance 13.64 9.14 17.49 17.71

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 7 7 5
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 1
HOLD 12 13 12
UNDERWEIGHT 2 2 1
SELL 3 4 5
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for Southwest Airlines Co. - LUV

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 36,000 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.81 per share 965,160.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 42,573 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.94 per share 1,146,916.62
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 41,419 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.93 per share 1,115,413.67
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 40,619 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.92 per share 1,093,463.48
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 39,119 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.9 per share 1,052,301.10
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 38,719 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.88 per share 1,040,766.72
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 38,519 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.88 per share 1,035,390.72
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 38,451 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.87 per share 1,033,178.37
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 37,800 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.86 per share 1,015,308.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 37,300 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.85 per share 1,001,505.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 36,400 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.83 per share 976,612.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 44,000 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $27 per share 1,188,000.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 35,600 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.8 per share 954,080.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 35,500 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.79 per share 951,045.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 34,600 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.78 per share 926,588.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 34,500 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.77 per share 923,565.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 34,100 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.74 per share 911,834.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 42,973 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.95 per share 1,158,122.35
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 43,073 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.96 per share 1,161,248.08
Mar 17, 2025 C. David Cush Director 19,011 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $30.03 per share 570,900.33

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