LUV Southwest Airlinesdata gap · 84% coverage
Industrials · Passenger Airlines · close $39.50 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
Southwest Airlines (LUV) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 46/100 (grade D), ranking #50 of 202 in Industrials. Its strongest pillars are valuation (79) and growth (72); its weakest is cash flow (3). Data gap: 3 factors without usable data, so 84% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 9.5% and operating margin 3.5%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: Consensus score (1–5), 90-day net rating shift, 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 84% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · no data · —| Consensus score (1–5) (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
| 90-day net rating shift (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
Growth
weight 30.83% (→33.3%) · 72| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | 9.5% | 54 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | 125.7% | 94 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.7%) | 3.6% | 65 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 10| Operating margin (20.0%) | 3.5% | 10 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 44| Net debt / EBITDA (10.7%) | 0.54× | 67 |
| Current ratio (5.3%) | 0.49 | 1 |
| Interest coverage (4.0%) | 6.23× | 41 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 3| FCF margin (6.7%) | -3.0% | 4 |
| FCF yield (6.7%) | -4.3% | 1 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 79| P/E (inverted) (6.7%) | 25.00× | 62 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.7%) | 0.69× | 95 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 41.3 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 40.65 / 41.00 |
| 200-day SMA | 43.50 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 0.87× |
| 20-day return | -2.1% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- EXITBalance-sheet stress: negative free cash flow (latest FY)
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseNonoperating · D&A: DepreciationAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is LUV's House Rating?
- LUV scores 46 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #50 of 202 Industrials stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about LUV?
- We do not have enough analyst-sentiment data to score this stock.
- When does LUV report earnings next?
- LUV's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-21 (window 2026-10-18 to 2026-10-31), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is LUV a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology