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Also trades as: 0L8F.L (LSE) · $vol 0M · SWN.DE (XETRA) · $vol 0M

LUV NYSE

Southwest Airlines Co.
1W: +9.6% 1M: +2.8% 3M: -1.6% YTD: +6.6% 1Y: +37.3% 3Y: +91.5% 5Y: -4.1%
$43.44
+0.59 (+1.38%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.9%
$38 $40 $42 $44 $46
NYSE · Industrials · Airlines, Airports & Air Services · Tech Score Buy · Power 65 · $21.3B mcap · 484M float · 1.21% daily turnover · Short 50% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 52% of companies Debt: 24.4% 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 $21.25B.
Distance to default 4.92 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $4.02B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 43.3%; 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.
#3 of 44
Airlines, Airports & Air Services
Industrials · Large Cap · 25 peers
Market Share
10.0%
Top 4 Concentration: 62.4%

Technical Signal Map

7 Bullish
2 Neutral
17 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. $20B 20.6 13.9 10.2 3.2 14.5 6 BULLISH 37.3
ANYYY Aena S.M.E., S.A. $44B 18.0 26.0 15.0 37.1 4.5 6 BULLISH 13.7
GPAEF Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. $12B 16.9 37.6 13.7 25.0 37.7 5 BULLISH 3.4
ACKDF Auckland International Airport Limited $8.3B 43.5 3.1 2.6 31.3 5.2 4 BULLISH -1.0
APTPF Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited $25B 46.8 14.3 22.6 29.8 -2.5 6 BULLISH 58.9
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. $51B 16.2 15.9 10.6 3.7 14.1 7 BULLISH 33.6
ESYJY easyJet plc $6.9B 12.1 12.9 13.7 -9.5 10.6 6 LEAN BULL 39.3
FPRUF Fraport AG $7.8B 15.0 7.8 4.0 5.8 3.1 5 NEUTRAL 1.8
ALNPY ANA Holdings Inc. $8.6B 8.1 13.5 11.8 2.9 18.1 7 NEUTRAL -1.0
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. $8.0B -17.3 11.8 3.2 -1.6 12.3 5 LEAN BEAR -8.5
UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. $32B 9.6 22.3 10.4 5.8 12.3 8 LEAN BEAR 5.4
RYAOF Ryanair Holdings plc $31B 13.0 22.4 28.0 12.3 6.4 7 BEARISH 2.3
QUBSF Qantas Airways Limited $8.9B 10.5 113.2 14.8 2.9 5.6 4 BEARISH -16.4
SINGY Singapore Airlines Limited $16B 22.4 12.4 10.1 8.3 5.5 7 BEARISH 1.5
JAPSY Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. $8.2B 11.2 9.1 11.1 1.0 10.1 8 BEARISH -2.7
ASRMF Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. $8.1B 14.0 41.6 10.5 20.7 10.9 3 BEARISH -25.1
LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. $13B 8.3 107.0 26.6 3.0 20.1 7 BEARISH 2.1
CPCAY Cathay Pacific Airways Limited $10B 6.3 24.5 12.7 9.2 19.7 8 BEARISH 20.8
CHEAF China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited $8.1B -30.2 -12.6 -2.1 -2.9 34.0 5 BEARISH -39.0
DLAKF Deutsche Lufthansa AG $9.4B 12.5 6.0 1.2 1.1 6.3 5 BEARISH 0.0
TKHVY Türk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi $7.3B 2.6 13.1 3.7 2.7 -85.3 4 BEARISH -24.0
AICAF Air China Limited $11B -43.1 -0.6 -1.8 -2.6 57.7 5 BEARISH -30.7
BABWF International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. $25B 5.0 56.7 35.4 8.2 29.0 8 BEARISH -2.1
AFLYY Air France-KLM S.A. $28B 2.5 -1353.3 24.4 1.7 5.3 8 BEARISH -18.5
AEOXF Aeroports de Paris S.A. $11B 18.5 14.2 4.4 9.7 4.9 5 BEARISH -17.3
CHKIF China Southern Airlines Company Limited $9.9B -57.9 -13.7 -0.5 -3.9 32.4 4 BEARISH -38.6

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

LUV vs Benchmarks

ROIC
LUV
10.2
Industry
5.8
Gross Margin
LUV
4.5
Industry
18.7
Op Margin
LUV
4.5
Industry
3.0
Net Margin
LUV
3.2
Industry
1.0
Sector
10.1
Revenue Growth
LUV
14.5
Sector
5.4
P/E Ratio
LUV
20.6
Sector
29.8
ROE
LUV
13.9
Sector
19.2
Piotroski F
LUV
6.0
Sector
7.0

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