Southwest Airlines Statistics
NYSE: LUVConsumer DiscretionaryAir Freight/Delivery ServicesUSD
41.72-0.73 (-1.72%)
At close: Oct 7, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
After hours: 41.62 -0.24%
Southwest Airlines by the numbers
Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $20.41 billion based on 489.21M shares outstanding. Its trailing P/E ratio is 26.1, above the 6-company peer median of 9.9, and its forward P/E is 9.2. The stock trades 0.9% below its 50-day average and 4.1% below its 200-day average.
Average daily trading volume is 5.35M shares, or about $223.1 million in dollar volume.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
LUV valuation vs. peer median
| Metric | LUV | Peer median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $20.41B | $7.03B | +190% |
| P/E (TTM) | 26.1 | 9.9 | +164% |
| Forward P/E | 9.2 | 8.7 | +7% |
| Avg. volume | 5.35M | 1.43M | +275% |
Peer median across 8 companies: FDXF, RYAAY, AAL, UAL, CPA, ALK, SKYW, AERO.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $20.41B
- P/E (TTM)
- 26.08
- Forward P/E
- 9.23
- Price / sales (latest FY)
- 0.73
- EPS (TTM)
- $1.60
- Shares outstanding
- 489.21M
Price and trading
- Previous close
- 42.45
- Open
- 41.68
- Day range
- 41.54 – 42.14
- 52-week range
- 29.26 – 55.11
- 52-week change
- +28.81%
- Beta
- —
- Volume
- 4.71M
- Average volume
- 5.35M
Dividends and events
- Annual dividend
- $0.72
- Dividend yield
- 1.73%
- Next earnings date
- Oct 21, 2026
Additional statistics
- Market Cap
- 20.41B
- Pe
- 26.08
- Forward Pe
- 9.23
- Eps
- 1.60
- Dividend Yield
- 1.70%
- Dividend Rate
- 0.72
- Week52 High
- 55.11
- Week52 Low
- 29.26
- Avg Volume
- 5.35M
- Shares Outstanding
- 489.21M
- Ma50
- 42.10
- Ma200
- 43.52
- Earnings Date
- Oct 21, 2026
- Pct From52w High
- -24.30%
- Pct From52w Low
- 42.58%