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SOUTHWEST(NYSE:LUV)
Southwest Airlines is a major domestic airline that provides primarily shorthaul, high-frequency, point-to-point, low-fare service. Southwest operates over Boeing 737 aircraft in numerous cities. Southwest has the lowest operating cost structure in the domestic airline industry and consistently offers the lowest and simplest fares. Southwest also has one of the best overall Customer Service records.
# Employees: 35499
Address: P.O. Box 36611,Dallas,TX,USA
Phone: 214-792-4000
Fax: 215-904-5015
Website: www.southwest.com
Email:
Sector: Transportation
Industry: TRANS-AIRLINE
Executive Officers
Herbert D. Kelleher (Exec-Chmn.)
Gary C. Kelly (Vice-Chmn.; C.E.O.; Dir.)
Colleen C. Barrett (Presi.; Sec.; Dir.)
Laura H. Wright (Sr. V.P. Fin.; C.F.O.)
Davis S. Ridley (Sr. V.P. Marketing,)
Dividend
Ex-Dividend Date: 9/1/2009
Annual Dividend: $0.02
Current Dividend Yield: $0.20
Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.00
Indicated Dividend: $0.11
Earnings
Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009
Next Earnings Date(Expected): 1/21/2010
Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.01
Mean EPS (Year): $0.10
Mean Estimate(Long Term): $14.00
P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 90.550
Number of Estimates: 14
Shares Performance
Period LUV Compare to S&P
YTD 4.29 % -13.69 %
4 Weeks 7.02 % 1.60 %
12 Weeks 4.53 % -2.66 %
Shares Information
Analyst Coverage: Y
Avg Volume: 7789226
Shares Outstanding: 741M
Market Cap: $6.67B
52 Week High: $10.04
52 Week Low: $5.01
P/E Ratio: 56.190
PEG Ratio: 6.470
Split: On 2/16/2001 LUV split by factor of 1.500
Earnings Performance
EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -62.50 %
EPS Growth in Last Year: -66.67 %
Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 1.91 %
Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -7.78 %
Financials
Qtr Book Value: $1.28
Cash Flow/Share: $7.55
Change in Payout Ratio: 0.070
Price/Sales: 0.640
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