AAL vs LUV
American Airlines Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | AAL | LUV |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $54.6B | $28.1B |
| Net income | $111.0M | $441.0M |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 96.6% | 4.8% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.17 | $0.79 |
| Dividend / share | $0.00 | $0.72 |
| Payout ratio | −0.5% | 90.5% |
| Free cash flow | $-680.0M | $-831.0M |
| Equity | $-3.7B | $8.0B |
| Net debt / equity | 3.16× | 0.21× |
| Current ratio | 0.50× | 0.52× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 25.8% | 25.4% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | — | — |
AAL bills 1.9× the revenue of LUV, and LUV keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (1.6% against 0.2%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | AAL | LUV |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $54.6B | $28.1B |
| FY2024 | $54.2B | $27.5B |
| FY2023 | $52.8B | $26.1B |
| FY2022 | $49.0B | $23.8B |
| FY2021 | $29.9B | $15.8B |
| FY2020 | $17.3B | $9.0B |
| FY2019 | $45.8B | $22.4B |
| FY2018 | $44.5B | $22.0B |
| FY2017 | $42.6B | $21.1B |
| FY2016 | $40.1B | $20.3B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | AAL | LUV |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $111.0M | $441.0M |
| FY2024 | $846.0M | $465.0M |
| FY2023 | $822.0M | $465.0M |
| FY2022 | $127.0M | $539.0M |
| FY2021 | $-2.0B | $977.0M |
| FY2020 | $-8.9B | $-3.1B |
| FY2019 | $1.7B | $2.3B |
| FY2018 | $1.4B | $2.5B |
| FY2017 | $1.3B | $3.4B |
| FY2016 | $2.6B | $2.2B |
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