Southwest Airlines Co has a quick ratio of 0.85. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.
The historical rank and industry rank for Southwest Airlines Co's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
LUV'
s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5 Med: 0.75 Max: 1.97
Current: 0.85
During the past 13 years, Southwest Airlines Co's highest Quick Ratio was 1.97. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 0.75.
LUV's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than 75.64% of 977
companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.31
vs LUV: 0.85
Southwest Airlines Co Quick Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Southwest Airlines Co's Quick Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Southwest Airlines Co's Quick Ratio
For the Airlines subindustry, Southwest Airlines Co's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick 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 Quick Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Southwest Airlines Co's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Southwest Airlines Co's Quick Ratio falls into.
The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.
Southwest Airlines Co's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) Quick Ratio Explanation
The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.
In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.
The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.
Southwest Airlines Co Quick Ratio Related Terms
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Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates nearly 800 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 operated in a single, open-seating cabin configuration in a point-to-point network. In late 2025, Southwest will modify its cabins to offer some seats with extra legroom and will update its ticketing process to offer assigned seats.
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