What is Southwest Airlines Co 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?
Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.
3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Southwest Airlines Co's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.10%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Southwest Airlines Co's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
LUV'
s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.6 Med: -0.3 Max: 5.5
Current: -0.1
During the past 13 years, Southwest Airlines Co's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 5.50%. The lowest was -4.60%. And the median was -0.30%.
LUV's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than 64.33% of 527
companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: -0.6
vs LUV: -0.10
Competitive Comparison of Southwest Airlines Co's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the Airlines subindustry, Southwest Airlines Co's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback 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 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Southwest Airlines Co's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Southwest Airlines Co's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
Southwest Airlines Co 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation
This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).
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Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation
A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.
Be Aware
Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.
Southwest Airlines Co 3-Year Share Buyback 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 and merchandising to offer assigned seats and more fare categories including a basic economy class that will more directly compete with other airlines' offerings.
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