Use Southwest Airlines performance together with your assets to enhance returns of your portfolios as well as to check it against diversification policy that fits your risk preferences.
If you would invest 825 in Southwest Airlines on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would earn a total of 51.00 from holding Southwest Airlines or generate 6.18% return on investment over 30 days. Southwest Airlines is generating 0.37% of daily returns assuming volatility of 1.57% on return distribution over 30 days investment horizon. In other words, 26% of equities are less volatile than the company and above 75% of equities are expected to generate higher returns over the next 30 days.
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Considering 30-days investment horizon, Southwest Airlines is expected to generate 2.15 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 2.15 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about 0.24 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE is currently generating roughly -0.47 per unit of risk.
Southwest Operating Margin
Based on recorded statements Southwest Airlines has Operating Margin of 4.42%. This is 194.85% lower than that of Services sector, and 7.14% lower than that of Regional Airlines industry, The Operating Margin for all stocks is 186.16% lower than the firm.
A good Operating Margin is required for a company to be able to pay for its fixed costs or pay out its debt which implies that the higher the margin, the better. This ratio is most effective in evaluating the earning potential of a company over time when comparing it against firm's competitors.
90% of all equities and portfolios perform better than Southwest Airlines. Compared with the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Southwest Airlines are ranked lower than 10 (%) of all global equities and portfolios over the last 30 days.
1 Month Effecincy (a.k Sharpe Ratio) ...
0.24
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1.57
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74 %
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25 %
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Based on monthly moving average Southwest is performing at about 10% of its full potential. If added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of Southwest by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.
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