Southwest Airlines Overview
Latest ROE for Southwest Airlines: 11.82% — see history and peer comparisons.
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Return on Equity measures how efficiently a company uses shareholders' equity to generate profits. A higher ROE indicates better profitability relative to equity.
Southwest Airlines's return on equity stands at 11.82%. That is below the Consumer Discretionary sector average of 23.79%. Stockcircle updates this page with the newest filings so you can track how the metric evolves quarter by quarter.
Southwest Airlines sits lower the Consumer Discretionary benchmark (23.79%) with a ROE of 11.82%. That is roughly 50.3% below the sector mean. Peer context matters because what looks expensive or cheap in absolute terms can be normal for the sector.
A ROE of 11.82% for Southwest Airlines means each unit of related capital or sales is generating that return rate. Higher is usually better for profitability metrics, but extremely high figures can reflect one-time items or thin equity bases. Review several years of data on this page before extrapolating.
The history chart shows how Southwest Airlines's ROE evolved across reporting periods, while the comparison chart places LUV next to similar companies. Use both: a rising metric that still lags peers tells a different story than a rising metric that already leads the group. Growth charts, when available, highlight acceleration or slowdown.
Yes — within Consumer Discretionary, ROE is commonly used to spot outliers. Southwest Airlines's reading of 11.82% (sector avg 23.79%) is a starting point; confirm whether differences come from growth, margins, accounting choices, or one-time items before treating an outlier as a buy or sell signal.
