LUVSouthwest Airlines

$40.68

Is the price fair?

What LUV's price assumes

Southwest Airlines trades at 25.4× earnings against 10.8× for the median Airlines name, more expensive than its own group.

25.4

Trailing P/E · Airlines median 10.8 · 2.36× 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/E346 names
29.9
Airlines median P/E15 names
10.8
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$28.52 – $54.33
Today$40.68

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