
Southwest Airlines Co
NYSE:LUV

Profitability Summary
Southwest Airlines Co's profitability score is 49/100. We take all the information about a company's profitability (such as its margins, capital efficiency, free cash flow generating ability, and more) and consolidate it into one single number - the profitability score. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

Score
We take all the information about a company's profitability (such as its margins, capital efficiency, free cash flow generating ability, and more) and consolidate it into one single number - the profitability score. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.
We take all the information about a company's profitability (such as its margins, capital efficiency, free cash flow generating ability, and more) and consolidate it into one single number - the profitability score. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

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Margins
Profit margins represent what percentage of sales has turned into profits. Simply put, the percentage figure indicates how many cents of profit the company has generated for each dollar of sale.
Profit margins help investors assess if a company's management is generating enough profit from its sales and whether operating costs and overhead costs are being contained.
Earnings Waterfall
Southwest Airlines Co
Revenue
|
27.5B
USD
|
Cost of Revenue
|
-7.8B
USD
|
Gross Profit
|
19.7B
USD
|
Operating Expenses
|
-19.4B
USD
|
Operating Income
|
321m
USD
|
Other Expenses
|
144m
USD
|
Net Income
|
465m
USD
|
Margins Comparison
Southwest Airlines Co Competitors
Country | Company | Market Cap |
Gross Margin |
Operating Margin |
Net Margin |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US |
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Southwest Airlines Co
NYSE:LUV
|
17.3B USD |
72%
|
1%
|
2%
|
|
US |
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Delta Air Lines Inc
NYSE:DAL
|
25B USD |
50%
|
10%
|
6%
|
|
IN |
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Interglobe Aviation Ltd
NSE:INDIGO
|
2T INR |
42%
|
13%
|
8%
|
|
CH |
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Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG
SIX:KNRS
|
19.5B CHF | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
IE |
R
|
Ryanair Holdings PLC
LSE:RYA
|
15.4B EUR |
40%
|
15%
|
14%
|
|
US |
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United Airlines Holdings Inc
NASDAQ:UAL
|
19.7B USD |
63%
|
9%
|
6%
|
|
CN |
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Air China Ltd
SSE:601111
|
125.6B CNY |
5%
|
0%
|
0%
|
|
UK |
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International Consolidated Airlines Group SA
LSE:IAG
|
11.4B GBP |
68%
|
13%
|
9%
|
|
SG |
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Singapore Airlines Ltd
SGX:C6L
|
19.5B SGD |
48%
|
10%
|
10%
|
|
CN |
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China Southern Airlines Co Ltd
SSE:600029
|
104.9B CNY |
8%
|
3%
|
-1%
|
|
TR |
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Turk Hava Yollari AO
IST:THYAO.E
|
418.1B TRY |
19%
|
9%
|
27%
|
Return on Capital
Return on capital ratios give a sense of how well a company is using its capital (equity, assets, capital employed, etc.) to generate profits (operating income, net income, etc.). In simple words, these ratios show how much income is generated for each dollar of capital invested.




Return on Capital Comparison
Southwest Airlines Co Competitors
Country | Company | Market Cap | ROE | ROA | ROCE | ROIC | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US |
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Southwest Airlines Co
NYSE:LUV
|
17.3B USD |
4%
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
|
US |
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Delta Air Lines Inc
NYSE:DAL
|
25B USD |
26%
|
5%
|
13%
|
7%
|
|
IN |
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Interglobe Aviation Ltd
NSE:INDIGO
|
2T INR |
1 394%
|
7%
|
19%
|
21%
|
|
CH |
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Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG
SIX:KNRS
|
19.5B CHF |
-237%
|
-220%
|
-237%
|
-248%
|
|
IE |
R
|
Ryanair Holdings PLC
LSE:RYA
|
15.4B EUR |
29%
|
11%
|
21%
|
16%
|
|
US |
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United Airlines Holdings Inc
NASDAQ:UAL
|
19.7B USD |
29%
|
4%
|
10%
|
7%
|
|
CN |
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Air China Ltd
SSE:601111
|
125.6B CNY |
-1%
|
0%
|
0%
|
0%
|
|
UK |
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International Consolidated Airlines Group SA
LSE:IAG
|
11.4B GBP |
58%
|
7%
|
19%
|
11%
|
|
SG |
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Singapore Airlines Ltd
SGX:C6L
|
19.5B SGD |
13%
|
5%
|
6%
|
6%
|
|
CN |
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China Southern Airlines Co Ltd
SSE:600029
|
104.9B CNY |
-5%
|
-1%
|
3%
|
0%
|
|
TR |
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Turk Hava Yollari AO
IST:THYAO.E
|
418.1B TRY |
39%
|
16%
|
8%
|
14%
|
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow (FCF) is the money a company has left over after paying its operating expenses and capital expenditures. The more free cash flow a company has, the more it can allocate to dividends, paying down debt, and growth opportunities.
If a company has a decreasing free cash flow, that is not necessarily bad if the company is investing in its growth.


