Hello, today I will be doing a valuation analysis on Southwest Airlines Stock. This is actually for a pitch competition and I chose Southwest Airlines stock as I’m strongly familiar with them.
Analysis on Southwest Airlines Co
Ticker | LUV |
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Sector | Regional Airlines |
Latest price | $35.54 |
Value | $22,043M |
Daily vol | $429M |
Date | 03 August 2016 |
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- Website: http://www.southwest.com
Description
Southwest Airlines is a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States and near-international markets. The Company serves approximately 100 destinations in over 40 states, such as the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and approximately seven near-international countries, including Mexico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Belize. The Company added its first three destinations in Central America (San Jose, Costa Rica, Belize City, Belize, and Liberia, Costa Rica) and also commenced Southwest service to a fourth destination in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta). Southwest operates a total of approximately 704 Boeing 737 aircraft. The Company also added approximately 20 domestic nonstop destinations from Dallas Love Field. Southwest offers a total of 180 weekday departures to 50 nonstop destinations from Dallas Love Field.
Recent financials
Revenues have increased at an average rate of 6.01% year-on-year. Earnings per share of Southwest airlines stock has increased drastically at an average rate of 99.64% year-on-year.
Metric | 2015A | 2014A | 2013A | 2012A | 2011A |
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Revenue (in millions) | $19,820 | $18,605 | $17,699 | $17,088 | $15,658 |
EPS | $3.27 | $1.64 | $1.05 | $0.56 | $0.23 |
Competition
Southwest appears in line with its competitors with a slight marginal advantage in terms of operating profit. Its return on equity is on the lower end compared to the others.
Companies | Latest Sales | Operating Profit | Return on Equity |
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Southwest Airlines Co | $20,505M | 27% | 33% |
JetBlue Airways Corporation | $6,540M | 23% | 24% |
Alaska Air Group, Inc. | $5,733M | 31% | 38% |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | $40,307M | 25% | 45% |
American Airlines Group Inc | $40,134M | 23% | 167% |
Spirit Airlines Incorporated | $2,217M | 28% | 26% |
United Continental Holdings Inc | $36,933M | 20% | 57% |
Cash / Debt?
Southwest Airlines Co has $84M of net debt. That is 0x it’s latest operating profit.
Wall Street thinks?
The professionals on Wall Street have a $49.27 for Southwest Airlines stock and their recommendation to clients is Buy. That implies an upside of 39% to their target.
Valuation
The following table shows the key valuation metrics for Southwest Airlines stock compared to its peers.
Valuation | Forecast PE | Long-term Growth | Dividend Yield | FCF Yield | |
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Southwest Airlines Co | $22,893M | 10x | 14% | 1% | 16% |
JetBlue Airways Corporation | $5,563M | 8x | 3% | 0% | 19% |
Alaska Air Group, Inc. | $8,210M | 9x | 2% | 2% | 16% |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | $28,496M | 7x | 12% | 2% | 24% |
American Airlines Group Inc | $18,372M | 6x | -16% | 1% | 39% |
Spirit Airlines Incorporated | $2,678M | 10x | 4% | 0% | 14% |
United Continental Holdings Inc | $16,195M | 6x | -18% | 0% | 30% |
Dividends
Southwest Airlines stock is forecast to pay a dividend of $0.35 per share, compared with a historic dividend of $0.33 per share. That is a 6% growth. The forecast dividend of $0.35 compares to a forecast EPS of $3.84. Southwest Airlines Stock isn’t a bad candidate to add to dividend portfolios.
Catalysts
In the last 3 months, Southwest Airlines stock price has moved by -15% that compares with a change in the earnings forecasts of -10%.
BRIEF: For the six months ended 30 June 2016, Southwest Airlines Co revenues increased 7% to $10.21B. Net income increased 25% to $1.33B. Revenues reflect Enplaned Passengers, Total increase of 6% to 74.1M, Revenue Passenger Carried increase of 6% to 60.9M, Load Factor, Total -% increase of 1% to 83.1%, Other increase from $405M to $820M, Passenger increase of 3% to $9.3B.
Disclosure: I am currently LONG LUV