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LUV Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	22.1B
Revenue (ttm)	30.1B
Net income (ttm)	837M
EPS (ttm)	$1.60
Shares out	489.2M
P/E (trailing)	28.2x
P/E (forward)	10.4x
Dividend	$0.72 (1.60%)
Volume	6,366,459

Beta	1.12

Price target	$51.7	+14.7%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000092380
Company name	Southwest Airlines Co.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	844741108
Employees	72,790
Employees Change	340%
Employees Change Percent	0.47
Enterprise value	$25.2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Airlines
Industry PE	15.42
Industry PE Fwd	10.54
Isin	US8447411088
Last refreshed	2026-07-27
Market cap	$22.1B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$45.08
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	413,147.41x
Sector	Industrials
Sector PE	43.86
Sector PE Fwd	30.15
Sic	4512
Symbol	LUV
Website	https://www.southwest.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.8%
EV Earnings	30.05x
EV Sales Forward	0.76x
EV/EBIT	24.16x
EV/EBITDA	9.65x
EV/Sales	0.84x
FCF yield	-1.84%
Forward P/E	10.39x
P/B ratio	3.11x
P/E ratio	28.24x
P/S ratio	0.73x
PE Ratio10 Y	901.73x
PE Ratio3 Y	55.04x
PE Ratio5 Y	1,644.92x
PEG ratio	0.12x
PS Forward	0.67x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	3.46%
EBITDA Margin	8.67%
Gross margin	22.4%
Gross Profit	$6.7B
Gross Profit Growth	14.42%
Gross Profit Growth Q	2.09%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	4.28%
Net Income	$837M
Net Income Growth	113.52%
Net Income Growth Q	9.39%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	12.94%
Pretax Margin	3.55%
Profit Margin	2.78%
Profit Per Employee	$11,499
Profitable Quarters	$5
Profitable Years	5
ROA	2.32
Roa5y	0.32
ROCE	6.18
ROE	11.1
Roe5y	5.78
ROIC	8.51
Roic5y	1.4

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	3.02%
Cagr15y	11.39%
Cagr1y	22.69%
Cagr20y	5.81%
Cagr3y	8.9%
Cagr5y	-0.73%
Div CAGR10	8.28%
Div CAGR3	10.06%
Div CAGR5	0%
EPS Growth	140.2
EPS Growth Q	20.51
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	19.18
OCF Growth	36.58%
OCF Growth Q	32.17%
OCF Growth10 Y	-4.21%
OCF Growth3 Y	-4.87%
OCF Growth5 Y	20.31%
Revenue Growth	9.47x
Revenue Growth Q	16.4x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	6.16x
Revenue Growth5 Y	24.97x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.02
Assets	$30.1B
Cash	$3.8B
Current Assets	$6.5B
Current Liabilities	$13.3B
Debt	$6.9B
Debt EBITDA	$2.64
Debt Equity	$0.97
Equity	$7.1B
Interest Coverage	7.18
Liabilities	$23B
Long Term Assets	$23.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$9.8B
Net Cash	$-3.1B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-14.05
Net Debt EBITDA	$1.19
Net Debt Equity	$0.44
Tangible Book Value	$5.8B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$11.89
WACC	8.32

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.49
Inventory Turnover	27.62
Net Working Capital	$-8.1B
Quick ratio	0.38
Working Capital	$-6.8B
Working Capital Turnover	$-5.19

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	13.01%
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$0.72
Dividend Years	4
Dividend Yield	1.6%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-11
Last Dividend	$0.18
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	45.1%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	34.63%
1Y total return	22.67%
200-day SMA	41.44
3Y total return	29.16%
50-day SMA	45.58
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-3.6%
All Time High	66.99
All Time High Change	-32.7%
All Time High Date	2017-12-21
All Time Low	0.03
All Time Low Change	171,961.07%
All Time Low Date	1975-12-02
ATR	1.73
Beta	1.12
Beta1y	1.37
Beta2y	1.2
Ch YTD	9.07
High	46.5
High52	55.11
High52 Date	2026-02-17
High52ch	-18.2%
Low	44.48
Low52	28.98
Low52 Date	2025-08-11
Low52ch	55.58%
Ma50ch	-1.09%
Premarket Change Percent	0.45
Premarket Price	$44.91
Premarket Volume	6,886
Price vs 200-day SMA	8.78%
RSI	39.57
RSI Monthly	57.27
RSI Weekly	53.34
Sharpe ratio	0.59x
Sortino ratio	1.07
Total Return	14.6%
Tr YTD	10.02
Tr15y	404.64%
Tr1m	-8.76%
Tr1w	-6.24%
Tr3m	19.94%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	25
Analyst Count Top	10
Analyst Price Target Top	$52.7
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.49
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	13.95
Earnings Revenue Estimate	8,571,404,376x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	18.39x
Operating Income	$1.1B
Operating Income Growth	286.9
Operating Income Growth Q	26.67
Operating Income Growth3 Y	23.3
Operating margin	3.63
Price target	$51.7
Price Target Change	$16.42
Price Target Change Top	$16.46

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	484,132,256%
Float Percent	98.96%
Net Borrowing	1,886,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.93%
Shares Institutions	90.25%
Shares Out	489,208,201
Shares Qo Q	-1.99%
Shares Yo Y	-13.01%
Short Float	6.44%
Short Ratio	4.52
Short Shares	6.37

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-406M
Average Volume	5,668,154.4x
Bv Per Share	14.48
CAPEX	$-2.9B
Ch10y	19.17
Ch15y	332.6
Ch1m	-8.76
Ch1w	-6.24
Ch1y	20.41
Ch20y	163
Ch3m	19.42
Ch3y	21.02
Ch5y	-11.08
Ch6m	7.46
Change	0.83%
Change From Open	0.85
Close	44.71
Days Gap	-0.02
Depreciation Amortization	1,247,000,000
Dollar Volume	286,999,971.7
Earnings Date	2026-07-22
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$1B
EBITDA	$2.6B
EPS	$1.6
F Score	7
FCF	$-406M
FCF EV Yield	-1.61x
FCF Per Share	$-0.83
Financing CF	-38,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,967
Goodwill	970,000,000
Graham Number	22.8032
Graham Upside	-49.42
Income Tax	$230M
Investing CF	-2,174,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-07-22
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Date	2001-02-16
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-05
Lynch Fair Value	$20.66
Lynch Upside	-54.17
Ma150	43.97
Ma150ch	2.53%
Ma20	48.95
Ma20ch	-7.9%
Net CF	316,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-21
Open	44.7
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	8.72
Payment Date	2026-07-02
Position In Range	29.7
Post Close	45.08
Postmarket Change Percent	0.27
Postmarket Price	$45.2
Ppne	20,979,000,000
Pre Close	44.71
Price Date	2026-07-24
Price EBITDA	$8.46
Ptbv Ratio	3.79
Relative Volume	1.12x
Revenue	30,073,000,000x
Tax By Revenue	0.76x
Tax Rate	21.56%
Tr20y	209.21%
Tr6m	8.4%
Us State	Texas
Volume	6,366,459
Z Score	2.13

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