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Southwest Airlines Co is an airlines business based in the US. Southwest Airlines shares (LUV) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Southwest Airlines employs 53,984 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.
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| Latest market close | $43.37 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $38.66 - $64.75 |
| 50-day moving average | $44.85 |
| 200-day moving average | $52.01 |
| Wall St. target price | $56.58 |
| PE ratio | 9728.237 |
| Dividend yield | $0 (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $-0.04 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $43.37 from 2022-01-21
| 1 week (2022-01-14) | -5.35% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-12-23) | 3.58% |
| 3 months (2021-10-22) | -8.94% |
| 6 months (2021-07-23) | -14.46% |
| 1 year (2021-01-22) | -8.48% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-01-24) | -23.31% |
| 3 years (2019-01-24) | 54.21 |
| 5 years (2017-01-24) | 49.65 |
Valuing Southwest Airlines stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Southwest Airlines's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Southwest Airlines's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9728x. In other words, Southwest Airlines shares trade at around 9728x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Southwest Airlines's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 28.5732. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Southwest Airlines's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Southwest Airlines's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $229 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Southwest Airlines's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $12.8 billion |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | $-1,875,000,000 |
| Return on assets TTM | -4.41% |
| Return on equity TTM | 2% |
| Profit margin | 0.01% |
| Book value | $17.32 |
| Market capitalisation | $27.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Southwest Airlines.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 29.94
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Southwest Airlines's overall score of 29.94 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 61st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Southwest Airlines is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 8.72/100
Social score: 11.49/100
Governance score: 4.73/100
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Southwest Airlines scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Southwest Airlines has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Southwest Airlines Co was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 29.94 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 61.04 |
| Environmental score | 8.72 |
| Social score | 11.49 |
| Governance score | 4.73 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
We're not expecting Southwest Airlines to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Southwest Airlines's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 15 February 2001. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Southwest Airlines shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Southwest Airlines shares which in turn could have impacted Southwest Airlines's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Southwest Airlines's shares have ranged in value from as little as $38.66 up to $64.75. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Southwest Airlines's is 1.0983. This would suggest that Southwest Airlines's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Southwest Airlines Co. operates as a passenger airline company that provide scheduled air transportation services in the United States and near-international markets. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated a total fleet of 718 Boeing 737 aircrafts; and served 107 destinations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as ten near-international countries, including Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. Its services also cover destinations in Hilo on Hawaii; Cozumel, Mexico; Steamboat Springs, Colorado; Miami, Florida; Palm Springs, California; and Montrose (Telluride and Crested Butte), Colorado. In addition, the company provides inflight entertainment and connectivity services on Wi-Fi enabled aircrafts; and Rapid Rewards loyalty program that enables program members to earn points for dollars spent on Southwest base fares. In addition, the company provides a suite of digital platforms to support customers' travel needs, including Southwest. com, mobile website, and apps; and SWABIZ, an online booking tool.
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