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NYSE:LUV

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Competitors

$29.65
+0.41 (+1.40%)
(As of 05/26/2023 07:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$29.25
▼
$29.86
50-Day Range
$28.54
▼
$32.71
52-Week Range
$28.40
▼
$46.46
Volume
4.41 million shs
Average Volume
6.21 million shs
Market Capitalization
$17.64 billion
P/E Ratio
29.65
Dividend Yield
2.43%
Price Target
$44.71
ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability

LUV vs. UAL, DAL, ALK, RYAAY, AAL, EXPD, WAB, ZTO, JBHT, and UHAL

Should you be buying Southwest Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southwest Airlines include United Airlines (UAL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), and U-Haul (UHAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Southwest Airlines vs.

United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

United Airlines has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwest Airlines has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Southwest Airlines received 178 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.88% of users gave Southwest Airlines an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United AirlinesOutperform Votes
944
66.71%
Underperform Votes
471
33.29%
Southwest AirlinesOutperform Votes
1122
71.88%
Underperform Votes
439
28.12%

United Airlines has higher revenue and earnings than Southwest Airlines. United Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southwest Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Airlines$44.96 billion0.34$737 million$5.828.12
Southwest Airlines$23.81 billion0.74$539 million$1.0029.65

59.7% of United Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Southwest Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of United Airlines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Southwest Airlines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Airlines has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Southwest Airlines' net margin of 2.65%. United Airlines' return on equity of 35.71% beat Southwest Airlines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Airlines 3.93% 35.71% 2.89%
Southwest Airlines 2.65% 6.99% 2.07%

United Airlines currently has a consensus price target of $55.53, suggesting a potential upside of 17.51%. Southwest Airlines has a consensus price target of $44.71, suggesting a potential upside of 50.81%. Given Southwest Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southwest Airlines is more favorable than United Airlines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Airlines
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Southwest Airlines
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, United Airlines had 16 more articles in the media than Southwest Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for United Airlines and 7 mentions for Southwest Airlines. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Southwest Airlines' score of 0.71 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Airlines
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Southwest Airlines
1 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

United Airlines beats Southwest Airlines on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LUV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LUV vs. The Competition

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MetricSouthwest AirlinesAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.64B$11.49B$7.63B$14.25B
Dividend Yield2.43%2.74%8.16%4.08%
P/E Ratio29.6515.8924.2819.99
Price / Sales0.741.2812.028.80
Price / Cash8.499.1012.7715.16
Price / Book1.652.094.476.83
Net Income$539M-$171.94M$720.86M$891.16M
7 Day Performance1.13%0.37%-1.44%-1.62%
1 Month Performance-2.11%3.29%-1.74%-2.03%
1 Year Performance-35.26%-11.23%-2.70%-10.33%

Southwest Airlines Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UAL
United Airlines
2.2381 of 5 stars		$47.87
+1.0%		$55.53
+16.0%		-2.4%$15.70B$44.96B8.2392,795
DAL
Delta Air Lines
2.9322 of 5 stars		$35.91
+1.3%		$49.38
+37.5%		-15.0%$23.08B$50.58B12.1795,000
ALK
Alaska Air Group
2.5244 of 5 stars		$44.83
-0.2%		$63.86
+42.5%		-6.9%$5.73B$9.65B97.4625,469Short Interest ↑
RYAAY
Ryanair
2.5379 of 5 stars		$105.24
+5.3%		$43.25
-58.9%		+17.6%$23.97B$5.58B17.3119,116Gap Up
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AAL
American Airlines Group
2.4815 of 5 stars		$14.07
-2.2%		$17.75
+26.2%		-20.8%$9.19B$48.97B5.56129,700Short Interest ↓
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
1.9396 of 5 stars		$114.55
+0.1%		$101.00
-11.8%		+4.4%$17.50B$17.07B14.9920,000Short Interest ↑
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
2.3289 of 5 stars		$96.78
-1.5%		$112.00
+15.7%		-0.2%$17.41B$8.36B27.0327,000
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
2.8229 of 5 stars		$28.53
-1.8%		$36.96
+29.5%		+9.2%$17.71B$5.13B21.2924,888
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
2.5607 of 5 stars		$171.54
+1.6%		$189.67
+10.6%		-2.6%$17.78B$14.55B19.4937,151Short Interest ↑
UHAL
U-Haul
1.6996 of 5 stars		$63.61
-0.7%		N/A+25.9%$12.47B$5.74B12.9334,100

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This page (NYSE:LUV) was last updated on 5/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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