Southwest Airlines Company (LUV): Price and Financial Metrics

Southwest Airlines Company (LUV): $28.01

0.34 (-1.20%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

D

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Airlines

Industry

D

Ranked

#18 of 26

in industry

LUV Price/Volume Stats

Current price $28.01 52-week high $39.53
Prev. close $28.35 52-week low $21.91
Day low $27.89 Volume 6,885,000
Day high $28.32 Avg. volume 8,584,593
50-day MA $31.50 Dividend yield 2.56%
200-day MA $30.22 Market Cap 16.71B

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LUV POWR Grades

  • LUV scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 55.21% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for LUV is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
  • LUV ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 5th percentile.

LUV Stock Summary

  • LUV has a market capitalization of $16,279,911,028 -- more than approximately 87.41% of US stocks.
  • LUV's went public 38.03 years ago, making it older than 92.92% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
  • The price/operating cash flow metric for SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO is higher than only 20.05% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
  • Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO are WTW, CBOE, RYAAY, ALK, and IP.
  • Visit LUV's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.southwest.com.

LUV Valuation Summary

  • LUV's price/earnings ratio is 34.6; this is 53.1% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
  • LUV's price/sales ratio has moved down 1.5 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LUV.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
LUV 2023-12-29 0.7 1.6 34.6 19.0
LUV 2023-12-28 0.7 1.6 35.2 19.3
LUV 2023-12-27 0.7 1.6 35.0 19.2
LUV 2023-12-26 0.7 1.6 35.0 19.2
LUV 2023-12-22 0.7 1.6 35.4 19.4
LUV 2023-12-21 0.7 1.6 35.5 19.5

LUV Growth Metrics

    The 2 year price growth rate now stands at 56.72%.
  • Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 5.03%.
  • Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -48.95%.
LUV's revenue has moved up $2.302e+09 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows LUV's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31 23,814 3,790 539
2022-09-30 22,693 3,458 827
2022-06-30 21,152 2,649 996
2022-03-31 18,432 2,748 584
2021-12-31 15,790 2,322 977
2021-09-30 12,752 1,479 2

LUV's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • LUV has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 88.21% of graded US stocks.
  • LUV's asset turnover comes in at 0.351 -- ranking 54th of 137 Transportation stocks.
  • JBLU, DAL, and UAL are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LUV.

The table below shows LUV's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-09-30 0.351 0.623 0.014
2021-06-30 0.274 0.588 -0.067
2021-03-31 0.194 0.518 -0.133
2020-12-31 0.273 0.576 -0.161
2020-09-30 0.412 0.627 -0.092
2020-06-30 0.579 0.660 0.014

LUV Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of LUV, see our LUV price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $65.51 Average Broker Recommendation 1.48 (Moderate Buy)

Southwest Airlines Company (LUV) Company Bio


Southwest Airlines operates passenger airlines that provide scheduled air transportation services in the United States, Mexico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Aruba, and the Dominican Republic. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


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Latest LUV News From Around the Web

Below are the latest news stories about SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate LUV as an investment opportunity.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Rises Higher Than Market: Key Facts

Southwest Airlines (LUV) reachead $29.21 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a +0.21% change compared to its last close.

Yahoo | December 27, 2023

Southwest Airlines Hit by More Holiday Disruption. Why It’s Moving in the Right Direction.

If the severity of last year’s holiday travel meltdown was down to Southwest’s outdated technology and ineffective crew scheduling systems, this year’s was more like bad luck.

Yahoo | December 27, 2023

Southwest passengers experienced a particularly terrifying situation mid-flight

"We removed the aircraft from service for a maintenance review and reaccommodated the 122 customers on another aircraft," Southwest told TheStreet in a statement.

Yahoo | December 26, 2023

Southwest sees delays, cancellations over holiday weekend

Southwest Airlines (LUV) experienced over 1,000 delays and cancelled over 100 flights due to poor weather over the holiday weekend. It's nothing like last year however, where millions of travelers were impacted when the airline suffered a massive meltdown due to weather and technical issues. Yahoo Finance's Brad Smith and Jared Blikre discuss holiday travel and Southwest's meltdown last year. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live.

Yahoo | December 26, 2023

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LUV Price Returns

1-mo -17.01%
3-mo -3.14%
6-mo 0.18%
1-year -4.77%
3-year -52.58%
5-year -42.12%
YTD -2.50%
2023 -11.82%
2022 -21.41%
2021 -8.09%
2020 -13.32%
2019 17.72%

LUV Dividends

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Continue Researching LUV

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