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Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV)On Dec 19: 8.19  Up 0.02 (0.24%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:6.06B
Enterprise Value (21-Dec-08)3:5.28B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):17.50
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-09) 1:14.37
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.91
Price/Sales (ttm):0.56
Price/Book (mrq):0.85
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.49
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:3.776
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.21%
Operating Margin (ttm):7.50%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.09%
Return on Equity (ttm):5.19%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):10.78B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):14.693
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):11.70%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.78B
EBITDA (ttm):1.40B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):346.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):0.47
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): N/A
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):3.43B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):4.638
Total Debt (mrq):2.65B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.375
Current Ratio (mrq):0.949
Book Value Per Share (mrq):9.585
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.12B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.08B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.66
52-Week Change3:-34.69%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-40.19%
52-Week High (16-Sep-08)3:16.77
52-Week Low (12-Dec-08)3:7.05
50-Day Moving Average3:9.26
200-Day Moving Average3:12.97
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:12,099,600
Average Volume (10 day)3:13,055,400
Shares Outstanding5:739.72M
Float:728.31M
% Held by Insiders1:0.49%
% Held by Institutions1:85.30%
Shares Short (as of 24-Nov-08)3:24.60M
Short Ratio (as of 24-Nov-08)3:1.6
Short % of Float (as of 24-Nov-08)3:3.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:22.48M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.02
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.02
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.10%
Payout Ratio4:2%
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:09-Dec-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:16-Feb-01


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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Sep-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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