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14.38 (1y: +72%)

Market Cap	10.21 B	P/E(ttm)	28.50
Enterprise Value	10.07 B	P/B	1.50

LUV- NYSE (USA)
Southwest Airlines Co

Currently 3.5/5

Business Predictability Rank: 3.5-Star
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Average gain of all 3.5-Star stocks: 9.3% per year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 9%.
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Key Ratios

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Market Cap $M	10,213	Revenue $M	17,181	Net Margin (%)	2.5	Z-Score	1.9
Enterprise Value $M	10,773	EPS $	0.5	Operating Margin %	3.6	F-Score	6
P/E(ttm))	28.5	Cash Flow Per Share $	1.3	Pre-tax Margin (%)	4.0	Higher ROA y-y	Y
Price/Book	1.5	10-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	5.3	Quick Ratio	0.9	Cash flow > Earnings	Y
Price/Sales	0.6	5-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	11.3	Current Ratio	0.9	Lower Leverage y-y	Y
Price/Cash Flow	7.4	y-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	16.6	ROA % (ttm)	2.3	Higher Current Ratio y-y	N
Dividend Yield %	0.3	Insider Buy (3m)	1	ROE % (ttm)	6.0	Less Shares Outstanding y-y	N
Payout Ratio %	10.0	Shares Outstanding M	728	ROI % (ttm)	4.2	Gross Margin Increase y-y	Y

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Ticker	Date	Action	Impact	Price Range (Average)*	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
LUV	2013-03-31	Reduce	-0.01%	$10.24 - $13.48 ($11.7)	$ 14.38	23%	Reduce -32%	241,800
LUV	2012-12-31	Buy	0.04%	$8.71 - $10.56 ($9.37)	$ 14.38	54%	New holding, 355600 sh.	355,600
LUV	2012-09-30	Sold Out	-0.08%	$8.47 - $9.63 ($9.09)	$ 14.38	58%	Sold Out	0
LUV	2012-06-30	Reduce	-0.07%	$7.79 - $9.33 ($8.5)	$ 14.38	69%	Reduce -47.15%	598,847
LUV	2012-03-31	Add	0.03%	$8.18 - $10.04 ($8.41)	$ 14.38	71%	Add 25.48%	1,133,047
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*The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. In the case of institutional owners, the date is stated as the last day of their fiscal quarter. The prices are estimates if no accurate information available. Foreign holdings may not be included.

Total Records: 5

LUV is held by these Gurus:

Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
LUV	Charles Brandes	2013-03-31	12,300	0	0	New Buy
LUV	James Barrow	2013-03-31	828,500	0.11	0.02	New Buy
LUV	Richard Snow	2013-03-31	739,800	0.1	0.48	+284.17%
LUV	Donald Smith	2013-03-31	16,012,741	2.2	4.7	+4.69%
LUV	John Hussman	2013-03-31	1,500,000	0.21	0.74
LUV	PRIMECAP Management	2013-03-31	80,740,275	11.09	1.6	-3.01%
LUV	Ray Dalio	2013-03-31	241,800	0.03	0.03	-32%
LUV	HOTCHKIS & WILEY	2013-03-31	1,016,500	0.14	0.07	-60.67%

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LUV: Insider Buys/Sells

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)	Details
Lamb Jeff	EVP, Chief People & Admin Off.	2012-12-05	Sell	25,000	$9.68	48.55	view
LOEFFLER NANCY B	Director	2012-06-04	Buy	130	$8.77	63.97	view
Lamb Jeff	EVP, Chief People & Admin Off.	2012-05-23	Sell	5,000	$8.13	76.88	view
CUNNINGHAM WILLIAM H DR	Director	2012-05-18	Buy	10,000	$8.23	74.73	view
BROOKS DOUGLAS H	Director	2012-04-24	Buy	5,000	$7.9	82.03	view
KELLY GARY C	COB, Pres., & CEO	2011-11-03	Sell	12,000	$8.56	67.99	view
RIDLEY DAVIS S /TX	Senior Vice President	2011-06-13	Sell	8,000	$10.94	31.44	view
Wright Laura	SR VP FINANCE & CFO	2011-05-25	Sell	22,811	$11.9	20.84	view
LOEFFLER NANCY B	Director	2011-05-25	Sell	1,222	$11.99	19.93	view
Lamb Jeff	SVP Admin & Chief People Off.	2011-05-05	Sell	25,000	$11.76	22.28	view

Press Releases about LUV:

Southwest Airlines Reports February Traffic 07 Mar 2013
Southwest Airlines Co. to Present at the J.P. Morgan... 26 Feb 2013
Southwest Airlines Reports January Traffic 07 Feb 2013
Southwest Airlines Celebrates 14 Days Of "LUV" With Daily... 01 Feb 2013
Southwest Airlines Reports Increase in Annual Profits; 40th... 24 Jan 2013

Quarterly/Annual Reports about LUV:

10-Q - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (0000092380)...: (10-Q) 26 Oct 2012
10-Q - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (0000092380)...: (10-Q) 26 Jul 2012
10-Q - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (0000092380)...: (10-Q) 25 Apr 2012
10-K - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (0000092380)...: (10-K) 09 Feb 2012
10-Q/A - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (0000092380)...: (10-Q/A) 08 Nov 2011

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