Southwest Airlines Co. LUV

42.68 1.13 2.72% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$20.5B
P/E
25.7×
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Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Free cash flow margin

Southwest Airlines Co.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −0.02%, up 2.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−2.96%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.4% (fiscal 2020) to 15.0% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Airlines industry median of 4.31% and below the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −2.96% 2.83
FY2024 −5.79% (4.43)
FY2023 −1.36% (0.80)
FY2022 −0.56% (12.07)
FY2021 11.5% 24.93
FY2020 −13.4% (28.40)
FY2019 15.0% 1.45
FY2018 13.5% 4.99
FY2017 8.54% (2.57)
FY2016 11.1% 5.07

Against its own ten years

Low −13.4% High 15.0%
Ten-year median 6.04%
Current reading's percentile 27

Free cash flow margin against peers

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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