Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates over 800 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite offering some longer routes and a few perks for business travelers, the airline predominantly specializes in short-haul, leisure flights operated in a single, open-seating cabin configuration in a point-to-point network.

Financial Strength

5/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry
Cash-To-Debt	1.15
Equity-to-Asset	0.28
Debt-to-Equity	0.9
Debt-to-EBITDA	3.92
Interest Coverage	0.49
Piotroski F-Score	5/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	1.84	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-2.6	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

4/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	34.4
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	41.6
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	5.5
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate	18.79
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	6.5

Momentum Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	20.29
	9-Day RSI	31.26
	14-Day RSI	35.52
	6-1 Month Momentum %	18.73
	12-1 Month Momentum %	-12.44

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	1.09
	Quick Ratio	1.02
	Cash Ratio	0.86
	Days Inventory	12.53
	Days Sales Outstanding	4.65
	Days Payable	4.7

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Dividend Yield %	2.73
	Dividend Payout Ratio	0.48
	3-Year Dividend Growth Rate	58.7
	Forward Dividend Yield %	2.67
	5-Year Yield-on-Cost %	2.73
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	-0.3
	Shareholder Yield %	8.99

Profitability Rank

5/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	15.64
	Operating Margin %	0.43
	Net Margin %	1.47
	FCF Margin %	-2.72
	ROE %	3.72
	ROA %	1.08
	ROIC %	0.27
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	3.83
	ROCE %	3.17
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	9

GF Value Rank

4/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	41.92
	Forward PE Ratio	19.01
	PE Ratio without NRI	17.72
	Shiller PE Ratio	10.6
	Price-to-Owner-Earnings	26.54
	PS Ratio	0.62
	PB Ratio	1.55
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	1.77
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	7.2
	EV-to-EBIT	18.67
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	-71.56
	EV-to-EBITDA	6.18
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	50
	EV-to-Revenue	0.54
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	0.53
	EV-to-FCF	-19.53
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	1.02
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	0.45
	Price-to-Graham-Number	1.18
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	5.36
	FCF Yield %	-4.68
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	11.3

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