Is Southwest Airlines Co stock a buy?

Yes, Southwest Airlines Co pays dividends. Last time was Wednesday 25th of September 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Wednesday 4th of September 2024 were paid $0.18 per share. Over the last 169 times between 1980 and 2024, Southwest Airlines Co has paid $7.1469 with an average of $0.04 per share.

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We cannot find data for Southwest Airlines Co 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Friday 22nd of November 2019 when the price was $57.01, you would have made a loss of $-25.24 per share or -44.27%

Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Southwest Airlines Co is $8.12 million. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.

Southwest Airlines Co has a normal ratio of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at some risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a low cash flow to debt ratio of 0.05, the company's ability to pay off the debt is limited. The company is still not profitable, and high inflation will make it harder to become profitable as costs increase and consumer spending decreases.

We have calculated the inflation risk for Southwest Airlines Co to be high [0.75 of 1]

US inflation for August 2024 was 0.19%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.59%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 4.41 and is up 0.05 over the last 30 days.