Southwest Airlines

Provides a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth.

Launch date

1971

Employees

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

AUD25.3b (Public information from Sep 2024)

Dallas Texas (HQ)

http://southwest.com

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Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	9.0b	15.8b	23.8b	26.1b	27.0b	28.8b	30.6b
% growth	(60 %)	75 %	51 %	10 %	3 %	7 %	6 %
EBITDA	(2.7b)	3.0b	2.6b	2.3b	1.5b	2.6b	3.4b
% EBITDA margin	(30 %)	19 %	11 %	9 %	6 %	9 %	11 %
Profit	(3.1b)	977m	539m	465m	117m	803m	1.3b
% profit margin	(34 %)	6 %	2 %	2 %	-	3 %	4 %
EV / revenue	2.7x	1.3x	0.7x	0.5x	0.6x	0.6x	0.5x
EV / EBITDA	-9.1x	6.8x	6.1x	5.9x	11.2x	6.5x	4.8x

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
Jun 1978	N/A	N/A	IPO
Jun 2024*	Elliott Management	$2.0b	Post IPO Equity
Total Funding		-

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