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Southwest Airlines Co (FRA:SWN) Shiller PE Ratio : (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Southwest Airlines Co Shiller PE Ratio?

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


Southwest Airlines Co Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Southwest Airlines Co's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:

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Southwest Airlines Co Shiller PE Ratio Chart

Southwest Airlines Co Annual Data
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Shiller PE Ratio
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Southwest Airlines Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Southwest Airlines Co's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Airlines subindustry, Southwest Airlines Co's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Southwest Airlines Co's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Southwest Airlines Co's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Southwest Airlines Co's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



Southwest Airlines Co Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Southwest Airlines Co's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Southwest Airlines Co's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-0.359/129.4194*129.4194
=-0.359

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Southwest Airlines Co Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201406 0.493 100.560 0.634
201409 0.372 100.428 0.479
201412 0.227 99.070 0.297
201503 0.610 99.621 0.792
201506 0.802 100.684 1.031
201509 0.784 100.392 1.011
201512 0.753 99.792 0.977
201603 0.709 100.470 0.913
201606 1.139 101.688 1.450
201609 0.552 101.861 0.701
201612 0.796 101.863 1.011
201703 0.514 102.862 0.647
201706 1.095 103.349 1.371
201709 0.738 104.136 0.917
201712 2.687 104.011 3.343
201803 0.641 105.290 0.788
201806 1.087 106.317 1.323
201809 0.926 106.507 1.125
201812 1.028 105.998 1.255
201903 0.620 107.251 0.748
201906 1.212 108.070 1.451
201909 1.117 108.329 1.334
201912 0.882 108.420 1.053
202003 -0.163 108.902 -0.194
202006 -1.447 108.767 -1.722
202009 -1.664 109.815 -1.961
202012 -1.266 109.897 -1.491
202103 0.160 111.754 0.185
202106 0.473 114.631 0.534
202109 0.621 115.734 0.694
202112 0.097 117.630 0.107
202203 -0.427 121.301 -0.456
202206 1.135 125.017 1.175
202209 0.444 125.227 0.459
202212 -0.349 125.222 -0.361
202303 -0.252 127.348 -0.256
202306 0.997 128.729 1.002
202309 0.290 129.860 0.289
202312 -0.339 129.419 -0.339
202403 -0.359 129.419 -0.359

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Southwest Airlines Co  (FRA:SWN) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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Southwest Airlines Co (FRA:SWN) Business Description

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P.O. Box 36611, Dallas, TX, USA, 75235-1611
Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates over 700 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite offering some longer routes and a few perks for business travelers, the airline predominantly specializes in short-haul, leisure flights, using a point-to-point network. Southwest operates a low-cost carrier business model.