Which is more profitable, Southwest Airlines or United Airlines Holdings?

United Airlines Holdings keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Southwest Airlines or United Airlines Holdings?

United Airlines Holdings grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Southwest Airlines or United Airlines Holdings?

United Airlines Holdings costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Southwest Airlines or United Airlines Holdings?

Southwest Airlines would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Southwest Airlines vs United Airlines Holdings stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Southwest Airlines has less debt. United Airlines Holdings is more profitable, grows faster and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Southwest Airlines	United Airlines Holdings
	$22.0 billion	$35.5 billion
	1.6%	5.7%
	+25.4%	+30.9%
	49.9×	10.6×
	1.3 years	2.7 years
	4.3%	7.1%
	1.8%	–

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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