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Southwest Airlines LUV Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin3.4%+1.9pp1.5%+0.4pp1.1%0.0pp1.2%-0.6pp1.8%+0.6pp
Net margin2.8%+1.3pp1.6%+0.2pp1.4%-0.1pp1.4%-0.6pp2%+0.3pp
Returns
Return on equity10.1%+5.3pp4.8%+0.6pp4.2%-0.1pp4.2%-1.3pp5.6%+1.1pp
Return on invested capital8%+5.2pp2.8%+0.5pp2.3%0.0pp2.3%-1.5pp3.8%+1.6pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×0.0×0.9×0.0×0.9×0.0×0.9×+0.1×0.8×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×-0.1×0.6×-0.2×0.8×-0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.9×+0.1×0.8×+0.1×0.7×0.0×0.7×-0.2×0.9×-0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA1.2×-0.4×1.6×+0.4×1.2×+0.3×+1.0×-0.1×-1.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$13.67$14.780.0%$14.79-7.8%$16.04
Valuation
Market capitalization$18.45B-13.7%$21.37B+27.5%$16.76B-7.7%$18.16B-8.8%$19.9B-1.3%
Price / earnings22.6×-25.9×48.5×+4.2×44.2×-2.1×46.3×+9.9×36.4×-7.0×
Price / sales0.6×-0.1×0.8×+0.2×0.6×-0.1×0.7×-0.1×0.7×0.0×
Price / book2.7×0.0×2.7×+0.5×2.2×-0.1×2.3×+0.1×2.1×+0.2×
EV / EBITDA8.5×-3.9×12.3×+2.3×10×-0.2×10.2×+1.0×9.3×-2.1×
Dividend yield2.1%+0.2pp1.9%-0.5pp2.4%0.0pp2.3%+0.7pp1.6%-0.5pp

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Where do Southwest Airlines's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Southwest Airlines's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.