LUVSouthwest Airlines

$38.68

Is the price fair?

What LUV's price assumes

Southwest Airlines trades at 24.2× earnings against 10.1× for the median Airlines name, more expensive than its own group.

24.2

Trailing P/E · Airlines median 10.1 · 2.39× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
0.65

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Price / book
2.74

Price / book · as of 2026-Q1

Details
Price / book2026-Q1
2.74
Industrials median P/E351 names
29.0
Airlines median P/E15 names
10.1
Market capitalisation
$23.4B
What the market has paid for these earnings: 26 quarters of its own multiple × $1.60 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$17.37
Its own P/E history, median$33.71
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$54.77
52-week range$29.29 – $54.33
Today$38.68

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.