Southwest Airlines Co.

LUV Industrials Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $28.1 billion, up 2.11% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+21.2%
EPS
+450.0%
Free cash flow
+46.9%
Total debt
+43.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

45.22 0.78 +1.76%
Market cap
$21.8B
P/E
21.1×
Fwd P/E
17.1×
Dividend yield
1.62%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.22
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
24/100

Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) trades at a price to free cash flow of 123×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2026) to 128× (November 2026); the current reading is higher than 100% of that period. That is above the Airlines industry median of 18.0× and above the Industrials sector median of 19.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 0.0× —
FY2024 0.0× —
FY2023 0.0× —
FY2022 0.0× —
FY2021 14.0× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 8.6× (3.58%)
FY2018 9.0× (59.36%)
FY2017 22.1× 58.74%
FY2016 13.9× (41.56%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 115× —
Jun 2026 0.0× —
Mar 2026 0.0× —
Dec 2025 0.0× —
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 128×
Ten-year median 10.8×
Current reading's percentile 100

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare n/m
ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare n/m
LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. compare 6.4×
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare 17.5×
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. compare 18.6×
SKYW SkyWest, Inc. compare 22.7×
UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc compare 29.9×
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare 32.9×
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. 123×
Airlines industry median 18.0×
Industrials sector median 19.6×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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