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Southwest Airlines Co.
1W: +10.5% 1M: +0.4% 3M: -7.0% YTD: +5.2% 1Y: +37.8% 3Y: +87.6% 5Y: -6.2%
$43.44
+0.59 (+1.38%)
After Hours: $43.68 (+0.24, +0.55%)
Weekly Expected Move ±4.9%
$38 $40 $42 $44 $46
NYSE · Industrials · Airlines, Airports & Air Services · Tech Score Buy · Power 65 · $21.0B mcap · 484M float · 1.21% daily turnover · Short 50% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 52% of companies Debt: 24.7% of company value Bonds: $179.5M held by 196 funds, 70 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.35 (down 97%), Southwest Airlines Co. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $6.87B against a stock market value of $20.96B.
Distance to default 4.90 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $4.02B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 43.4%; Altman Z'' 0.90. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Balance Sheet Trends

Total Assets
$29.1B -13.9% ▼
5Y CAGR: -3.4%
Total Liabilities
$21.1B -9.9% ▼
5Y CAGR: -3.9%
Shareholders Equity
$8.0B -22.9% ▼
5Y CAGR: -2.1%
Cash & Investments
$3.2B -63.0% ▼
5Y CAGR: -24.7%
Total Debt
$6.0B -25.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: -13.3%
Net Debt
$2.8B +400.9% ▲

Assets vs Liabilities & Equity

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Balance Sheet
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Assets —
Cash$12.5B$9.5B$9.3B$7.5B$3.2B
Short-Term Investments$3.0B$2.8B$2.2B$1.2B$0
Cash & ST Investments$15.5B$12.3B$11.5B$8.7B$3.2B
Net Receivables$1.4B$1.0B$1.2B$1.1B$1.1B
Inventory$537M$790M$807M$800M$775M
Other Current Assets$638M$686M$520M$639M$490M
Total Current Assets$18.0B$14.8B$14.0B$11.3B$5.6B
Property, Plant & Equip.$16.4B$18.7B$20.6B$20.4B$21.3B
Goodwill & Intangibles$1.3B$1.3B$1.3B$1.3B$1.3B
Long-Term Investments$0$235M$280M$367M$457M
Other Non-Current Assets$587M$324M$388M$414M$359M
Total Non-Current Assets$18.3B$20.6B$22.5B$22.5B$23.4B
Total Assets$36.3B$35.4B$36.5B$33.8B$29.1B
— Liabilities —
Accounts Payable$156M$277M$265M$339M$389M
Short-Term Debt$371M$42M$29M$1.6B$324M
Deferred Revenue$5.6B$6.1B$6.6B$6.3B$5.9B
Other Current Liabilities$1.3B$1.7B$3.0B$1.4B$1.6B
Total Current Liabilities$9.2B$10.4B$12.3B$12.3B$10.9B
Long-Term Debt$9.9B$7.9B$8.0B$5.1B$4.6B
Other Non-Current Liab.$1.2B$969M$981M$909M$877M
Total Non-Current Liabilities$16.7B$14.3B$13.7B$11.1B$10.2B
Total Liabilities$25.9B$24.7B$26.0B$23.4B$21.1B
— Equity —
Common Stock$888M$888M$888M$888M$888M
Retained Earnings$15.8B$16.3B$16.3B$16.3B$16.4B
Accumulated OCI$388M$344M$0-$25M-$24M
Total Stockholders Equity$10.4B$10.7B$10.5B$10.3B$8.0B
Total Liabilities & Equity$36.3B$35.4B$36.5B$33.8B$29.1B
— Key Metrics —
Total Debt$12.3B$9.5B$9.2B$8.1B$6.0B
Net Debt-$199M-$19M-$88M$549M$2.8B
Total Investments$3.0B$3.0B$2.5B$1.6B$457M

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