Azul vs Southwest Airlines
AZUL and LUV side by side, both in air transportation, scheduled, and air courier. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AZUL and LUV compare
Azul grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.8% versus 9.5% for Southwest Airlines).
Southwest Airlines pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; Azul does not pay one.
Southwest Airlines scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 2 for Azul), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AZUL | LUV |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $20.8B |
| Share price | $4.00 | $42.43 |
| Change, 1 year | 70.2% | 38.4% |
| Change, 5 years | – | −18.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | – | 1.02 |
| Employees | – | 73K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 26.9× |
| P/S | – | 0.7× |
| P/B | – | 2.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 8.8× |
| FCF yield | – | −2.2% |
| Fair value | – | $43.40 |
| Margin of safety | – | 2.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.8% (better) | 9.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 30.4% (better) | 25.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 114% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 143% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 20.0% (better) | 3.5% |
| Net margin | – | 2.8% |
| FCF margin | −6.6% | −1.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 11.1% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 9.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.84 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.01 | 0.83 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 0.4× | 5.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.21 | 0.49 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 2.16 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.7% |
| Payout ratio | – | 44.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 32.0% |
| Buyback yield | – | 7.5% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 9.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 0.00% | 92.9% |
| Held by insiders | 8.7% | 6.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$307K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 5.3% |
Go deeper
- AZUL stock overview
- AZUL income statement
- AZUL valuation and score
- LUV stock overview
- LUV income statement
- LUV valuation and score
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