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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV | +1.67% | -16.35% | -3.51% | +150,195% |
| S&P | +19.61% | +98.99% | +14.75% | +7,528% |
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.
This airline stock has been a dud this year, but if the company executes on an ambitious turnaround plan, patient investors could be rewarded.
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.95B | 1.1% |
| Gross Profit | $1.23B | 5.5% |
| Gross Margin | 17.70% | 0.7% |
| Market Cap | $16.76B | -5.6% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $0.23M | -2.2% |
| Employees | 72.2K | 0.0% |
| Net Income | $54.00M | -19.4% |
| EBITDA | $503.00M | -4.6% |
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| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $2.55B | -68.9% |
| Accounts Receivable | $987.00M | 16.1% |
| Inventory | 792 | 2.9% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $4.93B | -17.4% |
| Short Term Debt | $333.00M | -89.4% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | 1.22% | 1.3% |
| Return On Invested Capital | -0.49% | -3.0% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | -$392.00M | 5.1% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | $286.00M | 150.9% |
| Metric | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 47.33 | 39.88 | 48.78 | 48.63 | -79.96% |
| Price to Book | 1.94 | 1.93 | 1.97 | 2.09 | 23.49% |
| Price to Sales | 0.78 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.61 | -6.35% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | 2.21 | 2.19 | 2.28 | 2.49 | 28.88% |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 28.26 | 62.84 | 27.26 | 37.82 | 13.77% |
| Return on Equity | 4.5% | 5.6% | 4.3% | 4.2% | -2932.57% |
| Total Debt | $8.06B | $8.00B | $5.34B | $5.26B | -42.19% |
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