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How Southwest Airlines Co. stacks up
LUV · against 193 other Industrials companies of similar size
Growth
88/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #23 of 194 · scores higher than 88% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score26 peers with a growth score of 80–89, including LUV · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 88?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its earnings per share growth and revenue growth, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 6.2% vs peer median 4.2%
- faster revenue growth over the last year: stronger than 68% of peers. Revenue growth: 9.5% vs peer median 4.4%
- faster growth in earnings per share: stronger than 93% of peers. Earnings per share growth: 129.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 195 reported | 9.5% | 7.2% | 63% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 176 reported | 129.2% | 10.8% | 97% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 193 reported | 6.2% | 6.6% | 47% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LUV| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.22T INR (≈$14.6B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 1 | 12.1B USD | 99 | 48 | |
| 3 | 85.2B CNY (≈$11.9B) | 98 | 75 | |
| 3 | 16.48T KRW (≈$11.9B) | 98 | 61 | |
| 5 | 18.35T KRW (≈$13.2B) | 97 | 56 | |
| 20 | 1.28T INR (≈$15.3B) | 89 | 66 | |
| 20 | 17.9B EUR (≈$19.7B) | 89 | 66 | |
| 23 | 157.0B CNY (≈$22.0B) | 88 | 79 | |
| 23 | 33.8B USD | 88 | 39 | |
| 23 | 21.3B USD | 88 | 49 | |
| 26 | 1.94T JPY (≈$13.2B) | 87 | 51 | |
| 26 | 19.6B USD | 87 | 61 | |
| 28 | 87.3B HKD (≈$11.2B) | 86 | 67 | |
| 28 | 12.5B USD | 86 | 59 |
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