Southwest Airlines Co (WBO:LUV) Shares Buyback Ratio % : -0.56 (As of May. 15, 2024)

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What is Southwest Airlines Co Shares Buyback Ratio %?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

GuruFocus calculates shares buyback ratio using previous shares outstanding minus the current shares outstanding, and then divides by previous shares outstanding. Southwest Airlines Co's current shares buyback ratio was -0.56%.

Southwest Airlines Co Shares Buyback Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Southwest Airlines Co's Shares Buyback Ratio % can be seen below:

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Southwest Airlines Co Shares Buyback Ratio % Chart

Southwest Airlines Co Annual Data

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Shares Buyback Ratio %

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6.07

-13.76

-0.28

-0.32

-0.42

Southwest Airlines Co Quarterly Data
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Shares Buyback Ratio %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.15	-0.12	-0.08	-0.07	-0.29

Southwest Airlines Co Shares Buyback Ratio % Calculation

Southwest Airlines Co's Shares Buyback Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Shares Buyback Ratio	=	(Shares Outstanding (EOP) (A: Dec. 2022 )	-	Shares Outstanding (EOP) (A: Dec. 2023 ))	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP) (A: Dec. 2022 )
	=	(594	-	596.513)	/	594
	=	-0.42%

Southwest Airlines Co's Shares Buyback Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Shares Buyback Ratio	=	(Shares Outstanding (EOP) (A: Dec. 2023 )	-	Shares Outstanding (EOP) (A: Mar. 2024 ))	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP) (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	(596.513	-	598.255)	/	596.513
	=	-0.29%

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Southwest Airlines Co (WBO:LUV) Business Description

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Address

P.O. Box 36611, Dallas, TX, USA, 75235-1611

Website

https://www.southwest.com

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.