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Southwest Airlines (LUV)

The business itself is the question here - 15 of 36 checks passed.

Latest close : $39.62, +2.3% on the day; -26.7% from the 52-week high. Refreshed every trading night.

Full analysis: report · all charts. Financial statements are computed from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings, current to . The share price and everything built on it (market cap, multiples, yields, the Value and Trend checks) are refreshed every trading night; this page shows the close of . Not investment advice.

Key figures

Share price (delayed close)$39.62
Market cap$19.4B
52-week range$29.15 - $54.07
P/E26.4x
P/E, own 10-year median30.1x
P/S0.6x
Free cash flow yield-2.1%
Dividend yield2.1%
Revenue (TTM)$30.1B
Net income (TTM)$837M
Free cash flow (TTM)$-405M
Gross margin-
Operating margin3.5%
Return on equity11.8%
Revenue growth (1y)+9.5%
Revenue CAGR (3y)+5.6%
Debt / equity0.54x
Cash & short-term investments$3.8B
Shares outstanding489.2m (cover page of the latest filing, 2026-07-22)

The score: 15 of 36 checks passed

Six chapters, six pass/fail checks each. Five are computed from the filings; Trend is price behaviour, and says so.

Is LUV stock cheap or expensive right now?

Value · 1 of 6 checks passed. Expensive against its own history and its sector - you're paying up for what you get. chapter →

Is Southwest Airlines still growing?

Growth · 3 of 6 checks passed. Growing, but with caveats - revenue +9.5% over the last year. chapter →

Does Southwest Airlines make real money?

Quality · 2 of 6 checks passed. Profitability is thin or negative - the growth isn't turning into money yet. chapter →

Can Southwest Airlines survive a bad year?

Health · 4 of 6 checks passed. Financially sound overall, with one or two things worth watching. chapter →

What does Southwest Airlines hand back to shareholders?

Shareholder returns · 3 of 6 checks passed. Cash comes back to owners, with a caveat or two in the checks below. chapter →

Which way is LUV trending?

Trend analysis · 2 of 6 checks passed. The market is voting against it right now - a falling trend on most measures. chapter →

Are insiders buying or selling LUV?

Open-market buys: $145,455 · sells: $306,534, across the recent Form 4 filings. detail →

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Method: figures computed deterministically from SEC EDGAR XBRL (companyfacts, frames, financial-statement-and-notes datasets, Form 4); prices delayed end-of-day. Scores count transparent pass/fail checks. Missing data is shown as missing, never estimated. Last changed . © TenQ - cite with a link to this page.