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Southwest Airlines EV/EBIT LUV

Enterprise value divided by operating profit over the last twelve months, one-off items taken out, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
15.9×
10-year median
11.2×
Against its 10-year history
59th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
4.7× to 82.5×
Peer median
9.5×

Southwest Airlines' EV/EBIT is 15.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 11.2×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 4.7× in Apr 2020 to 82.5× in Oct 2020.

The median for 3 airline and airport stocks of a similar size is 9.5×.

EV/EBIT over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far15.9×15.9×66.6×
202558.3×24.5×58.3×
202462.1×38.3×65.8×
202355.5×9.7×57.1×
20229.2×6.3×57.5×
202152.9×48.1×67.2×
202082.5×4.7×82.5×
20198.9×8.1×10.2×
20188.3×8.1×11.5×
201711.1×7.7×11.2×
20167.7×5.0×7.8×
20157.4×7.4×15.2×
201413.9×10.3×14.6×
201312.8×10.8×18.1×
201210.0×7.1×10.6×
20118.7×4.7×10.7×
201010.4×10.4×34.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Airlines, Airports & Air Services nearest Southwest Airlines' size, closest first, today.

CompanyEV/EBIT
LUVSouthwest Airlines15.9×
UALUnited Airlines9.5×
DALDelta Air Lines11.1×
SKYWSkywest9.0×
Peer median9.5×

What the EV/EBIT tells you

What the whole business costs against its operating profit. Enterprise value is the market value plus borrowings and minority interests, less cash. EBIT is operating profit before interest and tax, with one-offs taken out. Unlike PE it is not moved by how a company is financed.

Leases are left out of debt for every company. Banks earn on their balance sheet, so EV/EBIT does not describe them.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.