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267. Southwest Airlines
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Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 267 (Previous rank: 276)
Compare tool: Southwest Airlines vs. Top 10
CEO: Gary C. Kelly
Address: 2702 Love Field Dr.
Dallas, TX 75235
Phone: 214-792-4000
Website: www.southwest.com
Revenues 9,861.0 8.5
Profits 645.0 29.3
Assets 16,772.0 —
Stockholders' equity 6,941.0 —
Market value (3/28/2008) 8,850.1 —
Revenues 6.5
Assets 3.8
Stockholders' equity 9.3
2007 $ 0.84
% change from 2006 37.7
1997-2007 annual growth rate % 7.3
2007 -20.3
1997-2007 annual rate 5.4
Industry: Airlines
1 AMR 109 22,935.0
2 UAL 124 20,143.0
3 Delta Air Lines 129 19,154.0
4 Continental Airlines 178 14,232.0
5 Northwest Airlines 213 12,528.0
6 US Airways Group 228 11,700.0
7 Southwest Airlines 267 9,861.0
8 Alaska Air Group 599 3,506.0
9 SkyWest 616 3,374.3
10 JetBlue Airways 705 2,842.0
11 Airtran Holdings 815 2,310.0
12 ExpressJet Holdings 977 1,685.5
From the May 5, 2008 issue
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