How to buy Southwest Airlines stock | $49.08

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 54,448 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Southwest Airlines stock price (NYSE: LUV)

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Southwest Airlines shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2021-09-17.

Latest market close	$49.08
52-week range	$35.82 - $64.75
50-day moving average	$49.53
200-day moving average	$56.17
Wall St. target price	$66.04
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	$0 (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$-2.71

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Is it a good time to buy Southwest Airlines stock?

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Southwest Airlines price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $49.08 from 2021-09-17

1 week (2021-09-10)	2.46%
1 month (2021-08-18)	1.32%
3 months (2021-06-18)	-11.07%
6 months (2021-03-18)	-19.46%

1 year (2020-09-18)	23.22%
2 years (2019-09-18)	-12.72%
3 years (2018-09-18)	63.05
5 years (2016-09-16)	34.14%

Is Southwest Airlines under- or over-valued?

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 PEG ratio

Southwest Airlines's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 46.6911. 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

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.

Southwest Airlines financials

Revenue TTM	$9.9 billion
Gross profit TTM	$-1,875,000,000
Return on assets TTM	-6.93%
Return on equity TTM	-15.58%
Profit margin	-16.24%
Book value	$16.38
Market capitalisation	$29 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Southwest Airlines shares

There are currently 15.5 million Southwest Airlines shares held short by investors – that's known as Southwest Airlines's "short interest". This figure is 4.8% down from 16.3 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Southwest Airlines shares can be evaluated.

Southwest Airlines's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Southwest Airlines's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Southwest Airlines shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Southwest Airlines shares traded daily (recently around 6.9 million). Southwest Airlines's SIR currently stands at 2.26. In other words for every 100,000 Southwest Airlines shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2260 shares are currently held short.

However Southwest Airlines's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Southwest Airlines shares, or, against the total number of tradable Southwest Airlines shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Southwest Airlines's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Southwest Airlines shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0263% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Southwest Airlines shares, roughly 26 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Southwest Airlines.

Find out more about how you can short Southwest Airlines stock.

Southwest Airlines's environmental, social and governance track record

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.

Southwest Airlines's total ESG risk score

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.).

Southwest Airlines's environmental score

Environmental score: 8.72/100

Southwest Airlines's social score

Social score: 11.49/100

Southwest Airlines's governance score

Governance score: 4.73/100

Southwest Airlines's controversy score

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.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

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

Southwest Airlines share dividends

We're not expecting Southwest Airlines to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Southwest Airlines's shares ever split?

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.

Southwest Airlines share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Southwest Airlines's shares have ranged in value from as little as $35.82 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 1.2407. 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 overview

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.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Southwest Airlines is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.318% of Southwest Airlines shares are held by insiders and 79.221% by institutions. How many people work for Southwest Airlines?
Latest data suggests 54,448 work at Southwest Airlines. When does the fiscal year end for Southwest Airlines?
Southwest Airlines's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Southwest Airlines based?
Southwest Airlines's address is: PO Box 36611, Dallas, TX, United States, 75235-1611 What is Southwest Airlines's ISIN number?
Southwest Airlines's international securities identification number is: US8447411088 What is Southwest Airlines's CUSIP number?
Southwest Airlines's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 844741108