LUV — Southwest Airlines Company price, chart and key statistics

Price data

Price

$46.42

YTD price return

+12.32%

YTD total return

+13.82%

Market cap

22.7B2016-12 30.7B2026-11 22.7B-25.9% over the window

Enterprise value

26.1B

Shares outstanding

489.6M2016-09 615.6M2026-09 489.6M-20.5% over the window

52W low

$29.26

52W high

$55.11

From 52W high

-15.77%

From 52W low

+58.65%

52W range

66%$29.26–$55.11

Beta

1.14

Volume

Rel volume

1.30×

30D volume

6.5M

30D $ vol

272M

Insider trading

Insider net 1WNo open-market insider purchase or sale with a transaction date in the last 7 days, as filed on Form 4.

none

Insider net 1MNo open-market insider purchase or sale with a transaction date in the last 30 days, as filed on Form 4.

none

Insider net 3MNo open-market insider purchase or sale with a transaction date in the last 91 days, as filed on Form 4.

none

Insider net 1Y0 insider-days of buying (no priced lot) and 1 of selling ($4,478) in the last 365 days, by transaction date, open-market transactions only — awards, exercises, tax withholding and employee-plan purchases are not counted. A Form 4 is filed within two business days of the trade, so the newest days may not be in yet.

−$4,478

Form 4 transactions by trade date, as filed; latest on file 2026-04-07.

Fundamentals

Sales (ttm)

31.5B2016-09 20.3B2026-09 31.5B+55.2% over the window

Sales/share

$64.432016-09 $33.022026-09 $64.43+95.1% over the window

EPS (ttm)

$2.042016-09 $3.512026-09 $2.04-42.0% over the window

FCF (ttm)

-557M2016-09 1.7B2026-09 -557M-132.1% over the window

FCF/share

-$1.142016-09 $2.822026-09 -$1.14-140.4% over the window

Book value/share

$14.972016-09 $13.072026-09 $14.97+14.5% over the window

Net margin

3.34%2016-09 11.1%2026-09 3.3%-69.9% over the window

ROE

14.37%2016-09 28.0%2026-09 14.4%-48.8% over the window

ROA

3.45%2016-09 9.8%2026-09 3.4%-64.8% over the window

Debt / equity

0.51×2016-09 0.292026-09 0.51+76.5% over the window

Current ratio

0.472016-09 0.622026-09 0.47-23.5% over the window

Growth (CAGR, ttm) · 10Y

Sales

+14.51%2025-09-30 → 2026-09-3027.6B → 31.5B (+14.5% total)+7.43%2023-09-30 → 2026-09-3025.4B → 31.5B (+24.0% total)+19.86%2021-09-30 → 2026-09-3012.8B → 31.5B (+147.4% total)+4.49%2016-09-30 → 2026-09-3020.3B → 31.5B (+55.2% total)

Net income

+178.03%2025-09-30 → 2026-09-30379M → 1.1B (+177.8% total)+28.43%2023-09-30 → 2026-09-30497M → 1.1B (+111.9% total)+250.23%2021-09-30 → 2026-09-302M → 1.1B (+52550.0% total)-7.34%2016-09-30 → 2026-09-302.3B → 1.1B (-53.3% total)

Shares

-5.33%2025-09-30 → 2026-09-30517.2M → 489.6M (-5.3% total)-6.35%2023-09-30 → 2026-09-30596.1M → 489.6M (-17.9% total)-3.72%2021-09-30 → 2026-09-30591.9M → 489.6M (-17.3% total)-2.26%2016-09-30 → 2026-09-30615.6M → 489.6M (-20.5% total)

Per-share growth (CAGR, ttm) · 10Y

EPS

+208.29%2025-09-30 → 2026-09-30$0.66 → $2.04 (+208.1% total)n/an/a-5.30%2016-09-30 → 2026-09-30$3.51 → $2.04 (-42.0% total)

Sales/share

+20.96%2025-09-30 → 2026-09-30$53.27 → $64.43 (+20.9% total)+14.71%2023-09-30 → 2026-09-30$42.68 → $64.43 (+51.0% total)+24.50%2021-09-30 → 2026-09-30$21.54 → $64.43 (+199.1% total)+6.91%2016-09-30 → 2026-09-30$33.02 → $64.43 (+95.1% total)

Book value/share

-0.44%2025-09-30 → 2026-09-30$15.04 → $14.97 (-0.4% total)-6.89%2023-09-30 → 2026-09-30$18.54 → $14.97 (-19.3% total)-2.87%2021-09-30 → 2026-09-30$17.32 → $14.97 (-13.6% total)+1.36%2016-09-30 → 2026-09-30$13.07 → $14.97 (+14.5% total)

Dividend/share

+0.00%2025-09-30 → 2026-09-30$0.72 → $0.72 (+0.0% total)+0.09%2023-09-30 → 2026-09-30$0.72 → $0.72 (+0.3% total)+27.28%2020-12-31 → 2026-09-30$0.18 → $0.72 (+300.0% total)+7.48%2016-09-30 → 2026-09-30$0.35 → $0.72 (+105.7% total)

Price

+56.50%2025-11-04 → 2026-11-04$29.67 → $46.42 (+56.5% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+25.09%2023-11-03 → 2026-11-04$23.70 → $46.42 (+95.9% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.-1.10%2021-11-04 → 2026-11-04$49.07 → $46.42 (-5.4% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+1.58%2016-11-03 → 2026-11-04$39.70 → $46.42 (+16.9% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.

Total return

+59.30%2025-11-04 → 2026-11-04$29.15 → $46.42 (+59.2% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+27.78%2023-11-03 → 2026-11-04$22.23 → $46.42 (+108.8% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+0.60%2021-11-04 → 2026-11-04$45.05 → $46.42 (+3.0% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+2.84%2016-11-03 → 2026-11-04$35.07 → $46.42 (+32.4% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.

Fundamentals end at the last reported quarter; price and total return end at the latest close.

Valuation

P/E (ttm)Price ÷ TTM diluted EPS. Net income carries everything below the operating line, including one-off gains. Negative when the trailing year lost money.

22.8×2016-12 13.592026-11 21.59+58.8% over the window

P/OI (ttm)Price ÷ TTM operating income. Excludes the below-the-line items that make P/E jump — mark-to-market gains, settlements, tax true-ups.

16.4×2016-12 7.792026-11 16.41+110.8% over the window

Fwd P/E

10.9×

P/S (ttm)Market cap ÷ TTM revenue.

0.7×2016-12 1.512026-11 0.72-52.3% over the window

P/B (mrq)Market cap ÷ stockholders' equity at the most recent quarter end.

3.1×2016-12 3.812026-11 3.10-18.7% over the window

EV/EBITDA (fy)

8.9×

EV/Sales (ttm)

0.8×

FCF yield (ttm)TTM free cash flow ÷ market cap — the inverse of P/FCF.

-2.45%2016-09 5.7%2026-09 -2.7%-148.3% over the window

Dividend yield (fwd)Indicated annual dividend ÷ last close: the last regular payment × payments a year, from our own dividend record. Shown only for a company that pays the same amount each time (raises and cuts allowed), whose payments are on schedule and agree with the dividends it reports paying; a company whose payments vary in size, such as an unequal interim and final, has no forward figure — see the ttm yield.Div yieldIndicated annual dividend ÷ last close: the last regular payment × payments a year, from our own dividend record. Shown only for a company that pays the same amount each time (raises and cuts allowed), whose payments are on schedule and agree with the dividends it reports paying; a company whose payments vary in size, such as an unequal interim and final, has no forward figure — see the ttm yield.

1.55%

Dividend yield (ttm)Dividends paid over the last year ÷ last close: the last full cycle of regular payments in our own dividend record. Below the forward yield after a raise, above it after a cut. Shown only when the record holds that full cycle and it agrees with the dividends the company reports paying; otherwise —.

1.55%

Dividend/share (fwd)The indicated annual dividend: the last regular payment × payments a year, for a company that pays the same amount each time.

$0.72

Buyback yield (realized, 1y)1 − shares_at(2026-09-30) ÷ shares_at(2025-09-30) = 1 − 489.6M ÷ 517.2M. Point-in-time share counts from the company's own SEC filings (the same count at both ends), published only when the cash flow statement shows repurchases inside that window. A falling price can't inflate it; negative means net dilution.

5.33%

Shareholder yield (realized, 1y)Buyback leg + dividend leg: shares retired over the year (5.33%) + dividends paid over that year ($357M) ÷ market_cap_at(2025-09-30) ($16.5B). Both legs are measured against the start of the window, so a payout can't shrink its own denominator.

7.49%

Buyback yield (cash, ttm)Buybacks net of issuance over the trailing twelve months ($1.3B) ÷ today's market cap ($22.7B). Dollars SPENT over what the company is worth NOW — a stock that fell after buying reads high.

5.72%2016-09 4.7%2026-09 6.4%+34.9% over the window

Shareholder yield (cash, ttm)(TTM buybacks net of issuance $1.3B + TTM dividends $357M) ÷ today's market cap ($22.7B). Same caveat as the cash buyback yield.

7.29%2016-09 5.4%2026-09 8.1%+49.2% over the window

Vs own 10Y history

P/E

38th

P/OI

49th

P/S

29th

P/B

73rd

P/FCF

90th