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How Southwest Airlines Co. stacks up
LUV · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
39/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #294 of 469 · scores higher than 37% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including LUV · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 39?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 75% of peers. Operating margin: 3.5% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.8% vs peer median 3.1%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.9% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LUV, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LUV | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported | 8.9% | 8.2% | 54% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 3.5% | 8.5% | 28% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported | 2.8% | 4.4% | 41% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported | 11.1% | 11.5% | 49% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported | 22.4% | 30.1% | 31% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LUV| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 294 | 114M USD | 39 | 47 | |
| 294 | 14.4B USD | 39 | 40 | |
| 294 | 1.6B USD | 39 | 41 | |
| 294 | 1.6B USD | 39 | 62 | |
| 294 | 21.3B USD | 39 | 49 | |
| 299 | 3.0B USD | 38 | 51 | |
| 299 | 1.3B USD | 38 | 38 | |
| 299 | 5.7B USD | 38 | 49 | |
| 299 | 1.1B USD | 38 | 39 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score