LUV · Southwest Airlines Co
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $20.78B |
| P/E | 24.82 |
| Float | 484.2M |
| Beta | 1.23 |
| Volatility | 30.8% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Airlines |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | High |
| Clavix score | 71.1 |
| Price | 42.47 |
| Change | +0.00% |
| Prev Close | 42.47 |
| Open | 42.80 |
| Day Low | 41.81 |
| Day High | 42.83 |
| Avg Vol | 6 |
| Avg $ Vol | $250.4M |
| 52W High | 55.11 |
| 52W Low | 29.26 |
| 52W Pos | 51.1% |
| From High | −22.94% |
| From Low | +45.15% |
| Max DD 1Y | −33.78% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +4.40% |
| SMA 50 | +0.59% |
| SMA 200 | −2.41% |
| RSI (14) | 57.1 |
| Vol 30D | 25.5% |
| Vol 90D | 36.2% |
| 1Y Range | 29–55 |
| Daily bars | 526 |
| Perf Week | −0.49% |
| Perf Month | +10.00% |
| Perf Quarter | −16.41% |
| Perf Half Y | +12.95% |
| Perf Year | +31.57% |
| Perf YTD | +2.83% |
| Prev Day | +0.00% |
| Clavix | B- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.62 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.52 |
| Int Cover | 16.6× |
| FCF Margin | 6.6% |
| Rev Growth | +2.1% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 2 / 8 |
What LUV does
Southwest Airlines Co. operates as a passenger airline company that provides scheduled air transportation services in the United States and internationally.
It also provides Rapid Rewards loyalty program; SWABIZ, an online booking tool; and inflight entertainment platform that includes movies-on-demand live and on-demand television, flight tracker, and additional curated content, as well as a variety of premium snacks and coffee.
In addition, the company offers ancillary services, such as in-flight purchases, baggage fees, EarlyBird Check-In, and upgraded boarding, as well as transportation of pets and unaccompanied minors.
As of December 31, 2025, the company operated a total fleet of 803 Boeing 737 aircraft; and served 117 destinations in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as ten near-international countries, including Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos.
Southwest Airlines Co. was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayLUV grades B-, 71.1 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (60), most exposed on News Sentiment (46, fragile). 4 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Airlines median. Ranks 2 of 8 in Airlines by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| LUV | |
|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.23 |
| Volatilityannualized | 30.8% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −33.8% |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.52% |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 53 (21%) |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| LUV | Airlines median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.23 | — |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | High | High 62% of 8 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Airlines names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| LUV | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −0.5% |
| 1 month | +10.0% |
| Year to date | +2.8% |
| 1 year | +31.6% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| LUV | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 8 Sep |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 51 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 15 · 13 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 15 ↑ 13 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the Airlines names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| LUV | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +2.1% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Airlines median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openSouthwest Airlines announced a new nonstop flight connecting Kansas City International Airport to Puerto Rico. The article provides no additional details beyond this single announcement.
TD Cowen lowered its price target on Southwest Airlines (LUV) from $48 to $47, a cut of $1, while keeping a 'buy' rating on the stock.
Southwest Airlines, which once said charging for checked bags would cost it $300 million a year in lost business, reversed course and started charging anyway. A shareholder then sued the airline's directors, accusing them of putting the company's interests second to protect their own jobs under pressure from an activist investor who had gained control of the board. Southwest got the case thrown out by adopting a new Texas rule that requires anyone suing the company in this way to own at least 3% of its shares, roughly half a billion dollars' worth of stock.
Boeing's newest 737 MAX software has a flaw: when a flight crew abandons a landing and changes the aircraft's route, an automated navigation feature may not work as intended. Southwest and United do not want this software installed on their new planes.
A newly disclosed 737 MAX software glitch was known to Boeing for nearly two years before airlines were notified. United and Southwest are declining to take new aircraft with the affected software, the FAA is delaying MAX 10 certification, and a permanent fix is targeted for early 2028.
Nearest peers by size
Airlines| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAL | United Airlines Holdings Inc | C+ | $36.52B | 10.45 | 1.38 | Compare |
| AAL | American Airlines Group Inc | C+ | $8.57B | 77.17 | 1.45 | Compare |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines Inc | B | $55.30B | 14.00 | 1.43 | Compare |
| JOBY | Joby Aviation Inc | D | $5.91B | — | 2.82 | Compare |
| ALK | Alaska Air Group Inc | C | $4.41B | 44.12 | 1.42 | Compare |
| JBLU | JetBlue Airways Corp | C | $1.57B | — | 1.85 | Compare |
| JTAI | Jet.AI Inc | F | $5.51M | 1.06 | -0.32 | Compare |
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