Southwest Airlines Company
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.8 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 18.7 | 15.8 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 10.1 | 117.4 | – | – | – | – | 15,599.9 | 26.4 | 46.4 | 23.0 | 23.8 | 37.1 | 29.3 | 39.8 | 34.9 | 37.0 | 44.4 | 238.8 | – | 46.4 | 35.9 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 48.8 | 23.1 | 30.6 | |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
| 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 | |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 11.2 | – | – | – | – | 18.6 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 10.5 | |
| 14.8 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 22.6 | 20.3 | 23.2 | 31.0 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 13.0 | 13.2 | – | – | – | 51.5 | 29.4 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 27.8 | 28.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6.7% | 6.9% | 6.5% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 3.2% | 6.9% | 7.0% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 10.7% | 9.9% | 10.4% | 7.7% | 7.6% | -1.8% | -6.0% | -1.3% | 1.9% | 3.4% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 3.6% | 3.5% | -0.8% | -5.5% | -6.5% | -5.1% | -2.3% | -4.2% | -9.5% | -10.8% | -7.5% | -2.9% | -1.6% | -1.5% | -3.9% | -2.1% | -2.4% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31.6% | 30.7% | 29.5% | 29.2% | 30.2% | 29.6% | 29.2% | 28.1% | 27.5% | 27.6% | 27.3% | 27.2% | 27.4% | 26.7% | 24.8% | 16.2% | 1.5% | -20.9% | -26.4% | 2.8% | 20.3% | 26.1% | 21.9% | 22.7% | 20.4% | 19.9% | 19.5% | 18.5% | 17.7% | 16.2% | 15.6% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 16.2% | 17.1% | 16.6% | 16.7% | 17.4% | 16.5% | 61.0% | |
| 19.4% | 18.4% | 16.7% | 16.1% | 16.7% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 15.1% | 14.7% | 14.6% | 14.0% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 13.2% | 10.9% | 1.5% | -15.5% | -42.2% | -51.1% | -18.1% | 2.8% | 10.9% | 7.4% | 9.1% | 7.0% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.4% | -1.0% | -1.3% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 3.5% | |
| 11.1% | 11.0% | 10.2% | 9.6% | 10.1% | 16.5% | 17.0% | 16.9% | 17.2% | 11.2% | 10.8% | 10.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% | 8.5% | 1.0% | -12.9% | -34.0% | -41.7% | -16.2% | 0.0% | 6.2% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 3.6% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 0.3% | -0.2% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |
| 8.1% | 10.5% | 10.4% | 8.0% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 5.1% | 9.6% | 11.6% | 13.3% | 14.9% | 13.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% | 6.6% | 8.8% | -3.1% | -18.2% | -7.2% | 6.4% | 8.3% | 11.5% | 9.9% | 3.9% | 3.0% | -0.7% | -4.3% | -5.9% | -3.5% | -1.5% | -2.8% | -6.5% | -7.0% | -5.9% | -2.0% | -1.0% | -0.9% | -3.0% | -1.4% | -2.1% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28.0% | 26.5% | 25.4% | 23.5% | 24.1% | 33.4% | 37.4% | 35.9% | 36.4% | 25.0% | 24.4% | 24.1% | 24.6% | 23.4% | 20.1% | 1.5% | -16.9% | -34.6% | -31.5% | -16.5% | 0.0% | 9.4% | 5.6% | 9.0% | 7.6% | 5.0% | 6.4% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 0.7% | -0.5% | 4.5% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 11.9% | 11.8% | |
| 9.8% | 9.6% | 8.8% | 8.4% | 8.8% | 13.9% | 14.1% | 13.6% | 13.8% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 6.8% | 0.5% | -4.6% | -8.9% | -8.1% | -4.2% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.2% | -0.1% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,329 | 1,707 | 1,215 | 1,558 | 1,619 | 2,173 | 1,770 | 1,429 | 1,364 | 889 | 1,190 | 1,007 | 879 | 470 | 1,473 | -2,415 | -938 | -426 | -908 | -2,503 | -1,499 | -1,514 | -2,134 | -2,453 | -1,514 | -1,137 | -95 | -907 | -1,263 | -1,073 | -159 | 52 | -296 | -482 | -1,109 | 951 | 1,510 | 2,382 | 2,809 | 2,838 | |
| 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -1.6 | – | – | – | – | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 34.9% | 36.2% | 34.5% | 35.7% | 36.3% | 41.5% | 37.7% | 37.8% | 37.8% | 37.5% | 37.0% | 37.7% | 37.5% | 38.0% | 33.8% | 30.6% | 27.4% | 25.7% | 25.6% | 25.4% | 27.6% | 28.7% | 28.0% | 29.0% | 30.4% | 30.2% | 29.0% | 29.5% | 29.9% | 28.8% | 28.3% | 29.4% | 29.9% | 30.7% | 28.2% | 27.9% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 23.4% | 23.5% | |
| 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.61 | 3.61 | 3.39 | 3.32 | 3.55 | 5.87 | 6.12 | 6.20 | 6.50 | 4.39 | 4.33 | 4.42 | 4.57 | 4.37 | 3.53 | 0.29 | -2.80 | -5.21 | -4.70 | -2.60 | 0.00 | 1.62 | 0.99 | 1.57 | 1.29 | 0.91 | 1.11 | 0.91 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.66 | 0.12 | -0.08 | 0.72 | 0.93 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.85 | 1.62 | 1.68 | |
| 32.52 | 32.89 | 33.36 | 34.45 | 35.07 | 35.64 | 36.11 | 36.67 | 37.85 | 39.15 | 40.16 | 41.21 | 41.95 | 42.55 | 41.77 | 29.50 | 21.63 | 15.34 | 11.27 | 16.04 | 21.01 | 26.19 | 31.14 | 33.31 | 35.51 | 40.09 | 41.79 | 39.33 | 39.75 | 43.78 | 44.75 | 42.04 | 45.55 | 42.88 | 47.23 | 50.78 | 52.38 | 53.86 | 57.42 | 60.39 | |
| 12.88 | 13.59 | 13.36 | 14.10 | 14.72 | 17.56 | 16.36 | 17.27 | 17.84 | 17.56 | 17.74 | 18.34 | 18.60 | 18.66 | 17.62 | 19.32 | 16.56 | 15.04 | 14.93 | 15.75 | 16.89 | 17.27 | 17.60 | 17.51 | 17.10 | 17.99 | 17.34 | 16.88 | 17.27 | 17.64 | 17.08 | 16.28 | 17.32 | 16.15 | 16.04 | 14.79 | 14.78 | 15.32 | 13.67 | 14.22 | |
| 2.62 | 3.45 | 3.49 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.83 | 1.85 | 3.51 | 4.39 | 5.20 | 5.97 | 5.42 | 5.32 | 5.62 | 2.75 | 2.60 | -0.67 | -2.78 | -0.81 | 1.03 | 1.75 | 3.00 | 3.07 | 1.30 | 1.08 | -0.26 | -1.78 | -2.34 | -1.38 | -0.65 | -1.24 | -2.72 | -3.20 | -2.52 | -0.96 | -0.50 | -0.48 | -1.59 | -0.80 | -1.25 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 25, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.