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Profile - Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
P.O. Box 36611
Dallas, TX 75235
Phone: (214) 792-4000
Fax: (215) 904-5015
Email: i.e.joe@southwest.com
Employees (last reported count): 29,274
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 ·Industry: Airline
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 24%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 5,000  shares
 · 10 insider sells; 436.0K shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 74% (98% of float)
(990 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.27M shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Southwest Airlines Co. is a major domestic airline that provides primarily short-haul, high-frequency, point-to-point, low-fare service. As of December 31, 2000, Southwest operates 344 Boeing 737 aircraft and provides service to 58 airports in 57 cities in 29 states throughout the United States. Southwest focuses principally on point-to-point, rather than hub-and-spoke, service in short-haul markets with frequent, conveniently timed flights and low fares. Southwest serves many conveniently located satellite or downtown airports such as Dallas Love Field, Houston Hobby, Chicago Midway, Baltimore-Washington International, Burbank, Manchester, Oakland, San Jose, Providence, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Long Island airports, which are typically less congested than other airlines' hub airports.
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Financial Summary
Southwest Airlines Company provides shorthaul, high frequency, point-to-point, low-fare air transportation services. LUV's 344 aircraft provide service between 55 cities in 29 states throughout the U.S. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 10% to $2.98 billion. Net income before accounting change rose 4% to $296.7 million. Revenues reflect increased capacity and an increase in passenger fare. Net income was partially offset by higher fuel costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Herbert Kelleher, 70
Chairman
$736K$13.2M
Colleen Barrett, 56
Pres, COO
558K1.1M
James Parker, 54
Vice Chairman, CEO
405K3.7M
Gary Kelly, 45
CFO, Exec. VP
361K558K
Donna Conover
Exec. VP, Customers
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:LUVAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 19-Sep-2000
$14.417
Recent Price$17.89 
52-Week High
on 28-Dec-2000
$23.327
Beta0.72 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.98M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.35M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+21.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+62.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$13.7B
Shares Outstanding763.4M
Float580.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.02 
Dividend Yield0.10%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 16-Feb-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.01 
Earnings (ttm)$0.79 
Earnings (mrq)$0.22 
Sales (ttm)$7.37 
Cash (mrq)$1.27 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)3.57 
Price/Earnings (ttm)22.62 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.43 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$5.93B
EBITDA (ttm)$1.35B
Income available to common (ttm)$635.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)10.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)17.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)9.37%
Return on Equity (ttm)18.55%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.82 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.23 
Total Cash (mrq)$968.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short7.22M
Percent of Float1.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
7.92M
Short Ratio4.35 
Daily Volume1.66M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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