LUV Dividend: Southwest Airlines Co Yield Insights

Breakdown	TTM	12/31/2024	12/31/2023	12/31/2022	12/31/2021	12/31/2020
Revenue	27,551	27,483	26,091	23,814	15,790	9,048
Revenue Growth (YoY)	1%	5%	10%	51%	75%	-60%
Cost of Revenue	7,301	7,774	8,006	7,483	4,766	3,089
Gross Profit	20,250	19,709	18,085	16,331	11,024	5,959
Selling, General & Admin	14,042	14,125	12,792	10,640	8,986	7,856
Research & Development	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating Expenses	19,937	19,388	17,754	15,286	12,251	10,964
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	-19	39	41	-8	50	-158
Pretax Income	485	598	633	728	1,325	-4,256
Income Tax Expense	106	133	168	189	348	-1,182
Net Income	379	465	465	539	977	-3,074
Net Income Growth	-873%	0%	-14%	-45%	-132%	-234%
Shares Outstanding (Diluted)	526	643	640	642	609	565
Shares Change (YoY)	-12%	0%	0%	5%	8%	5%
EPS (Diluted)	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.84	1.6	-5.44
EPS Growth	-1,000%	0%	-14%	-48%	-129%	-227.99%
Free Cash Flow	-251	-1,618	-389	-156	1,811	-1,642
Free Cash Flow Per Share	-0.47	-2.51	-0.6	-0.24	2.97	-2.9
Gross Margin	73.5%	71.71%	69.31%	68.57%	69.81%	65.85%
Operating Margin	1.13%	1.16%	1.26%	4.38%	-7.77%	-55.31%
Profit Margin	1.37%	1.69%	1.78%	2.26%	6.18%	-33.97%
Free Cash Flow Margin	-0.91%	-5.88%	-1.49%	-0.65%	11.46%	-18.14%
EBITDA	1,909	1,978	1,853	2,396	45	-3,750
EBITDA Margin	6.92%	7.19%	7.1%	10.06%	0.28%	-41.44%
D&A For EBITDA	1,596	1,657	1,522	1,351	1,272	1,255
EBIT	313	321	331	1,045	-1,227	-5,005
EBIT Margin	1.13%	1.16%	1.26%	4.38%	-7.77%	-55.31%
Effective Tax Rate	21.85%	22.24%	26.54%	25.96%	26.26%	27.77%

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