Southwest Airlines/$LUV

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About Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates nearly 800 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite offering some longer routes and a few perks for business travelers, the airline predominantly specializes in short-haul, leisure flights operated in a single, open-seating cabin configuration in a point-to-point network. In late 2025, Southwest will modify its cabins to offer some rows with extra legroom and will update its ticketing process and merchandising to offer assigned seats and more fare categories, including a basic economy class that will more directly compete with other airlines' offerings and appear for the first time in travel aggregators' search results.

Ticker

$LUV

Sector

Mobility

Primary listing

NYSE

Employees

72,242

LUV Metrics

BasicAdvanced
$17B
49.26
$0.66
1.19
$0.72
2.21%

What the Analysts think about LUV

Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Southwest Airlines stock.

Bulls say / Bears say

Bag fees, introduced May 28, 2025, went into effect smoothly and are projected to increase ancillary revenue, bringing Southwest in line with other airlines on baggage charges (Reuters)
Southwest’s board approved a new $2.0 billion share buyback in Q2 and returned $1.6 billion to shareholders, demonstrating the management team’s commitment to shareholder returns (The Wall Street Journal)
A sale-leaseback of 35 Boeing 737-800 aircraft generated $871 million in cash and a $92 million gain in Q4 2024, bolstering Southwest’s liquidity (Bloomberg)
In Q2 2025, RASM dropped 3.1% and operating revenues fell 1.5% year-over-year, showing soft domestic travel demand and pricing pressure (The Wall Street Journal)
Non-fuel unit costs (CASM-X) climbed 4.7% year-over-year in Q2 2025 due to higher labor expenses and timing of engine overhauls, putting pressure on margins (PRNewswire)
Adjusted EPS of $0.43 missed analyst expectations of $0.51, and net income declined 42% year-over-year to $213 million, highlighting persistent profitability issues (The Wall Street Journal)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 1 Oct 2025.

LUV Financial Performance

Revenues and expenses
QuarterlyAnnual
Q3 24
QoQ growth
Revenue
$37B
-39.75%
Net income
$45B
107.52%
Profit margin
37.65%
6.78%

LUV Earnings Performance

Company profitability
QuarterlyAnnual
Q4 23
Q1 24
Q2 24
Q3 24
Q4 24
Actual
$3.69
$2.85
$2.45
$2.42
-
Expected
$3.55
$2.61
$2.05
$2.31
$3.94
Surprise
3.94%
9.20%
19.51%
4.63%
-
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