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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.

Revenue Segmentation

By Product / Service

By Geography

Revenue by Segment (5-Year Trend)

Income Trends

Revenue
$28.1B +2.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +25.4%
Gross Profit
$4.9B +9.8% ▲
Operating Income
$428M +33.3% ▲
Net Income
$441M -5.2% ▼
EPS (Diluted)
$0.79 +5.3% ▲
EBITDA
$2.2B -9.4% ▼

Profit Margins

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Income Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$15.8B$23.8B$26.1B$27.5B$28.1B
YoY Growth+74.5%+50.8%+9.6%+5.3%+2.1%
Cost of Revenue$11.7B$19.1B$21.9B$23.0B$23.2B
Gross Profit$4.1B$4.8B$4.2B$4.5B$4.9B
Gross Margin26.1%20.0%16.2%16.2%17.4%
R&D Expenses$0$0$0$0$0
SG&A Expenses$0$0$0$346M$4.5B
Operating Expenses$2.4B$3.7B$4.0B$4.1B$4.5B
Operating Income$1.7B$1.0B$224M$321M$428M
Operating Margin10.9%4.3%0.9%1.2%1.5%
Interest Expense$431M$301M$236M$214M$113M
Income Before Tax$1.3B$728M$633M$598M$563M
Tax Expense$348M$189M$168M$133M$122M
Net Income$977M$539M$465M$465M$441M
Net Margin6.2%2.3%1.8%1.7%1.6%
EPS (Diluted)$1.61$0.87$0.76$0.75$0.79
EBITDA$3.0B$2.4B$2.4B$2.5B$2.2B
Shares Outstanding609M642M640M643M558M

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