Southwest Airlines Co vs Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Southwest Airlines Co trades at $48.24 (market cap $23.63B), while Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $83.97. The key difference: Southwest Airlines Co pays a 1.49% dividend while Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Southwest Airlines Co is trading nearer its 52-week high, Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUV | XLP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $23.63B | — |
Sector | Industrials | — |
52-Week High | $54.80 | $90.00 |
52-Week Low | $29.06 | $75.61 |
Enterprise Value | $26.70B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.49% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic carrier in the United States, as measured by the number of originating passengers boarded. Southwest operates over 700 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite expanding into longer routes and business travel, the airline still specializes in short-haul leisure flights, using a point-to-point network. Southwest operates a low-cost carrier business model.
Read more on LUV →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies that have been identified as Consumer Staples companies by the GICS®. It is non-diversified.
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