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Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV)At 12:18PM EDT: 8.23  Down 0.41 (4.69%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:6.61B
Enterprise Value (Sep 30, 2011)3:6.80B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):12.52
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:10.68
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:N/A
Price/Sales (ttm):0.51
Price/Book (mrq):0.96
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.50
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:4.15
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.71%
Operating Margin (ttm):7.27%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.63%
Return on Equity (ttm):7.87%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):13.54B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):17.92
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):30.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.75B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.64B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):502.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):0.66
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):43.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):4.37B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.44
Total Debt (mrq):4.23B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):58.76
Current Ratio (mrq):1.02
Book Value Per Share (mrq):8.96
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.85B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.61B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.38
52-Week Change3:-33.97%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:1.68%
52-Week High (Nov 5, 2010)3:14.32
52-Week Low (Sep 12, 2011)3:7.79
50-Day Moving Average3:8.34
200-Day Moving Average3:10.61
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:10,912,300
Avg Vol (10 day)3:12,625,300
Shares Outstanding5:804.00M
Float:802.65M
% Held by Insiders1:0.12%
% Held by Institutions1:82.60%
Shares Short (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:22.97M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:2.40
Short % of Float (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:3.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:21.88M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.02
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.02
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:3.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 14, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Aug 23, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:Feb 16, 2001

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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