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Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

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<ul><li>Southwest Airlines recently announced its second quarter 2024 performance along with key strategic changes intended to address its current challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.</li><li>Despite the commendable efforts of frontline employees and an impressive operational record, with a completion factor of 99.5% even under stressful weather conditions, the company conceded its financial results were not up to the mark.</li><li>This admission sets the stage for understanding both the positive and negative aspects of the current state of the company.</li></ul>

Southwest Airlines recently announced its second quarter 2024 performance along with key strategic changes intended to address its current challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.Despite the commendable efforts of frontline employees and an impressive operational record, with a completion factor of 99.5% even under stressful weather conditions, the company conceded its financial results were not up to the mark.This admission sets the stage for understanding both the positive and negative aspects of the current state of the company.

Southwest Airlines: Fleet Expansion Challenges & Other Elements Causing Our Pessimism! - Financial Forecasts

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Neil Glynn

Founder & Managing Director, AIR Control Tower

AIR Control Tower

AIR Control Tower is an independent research and analysis platform. Its mission is to provide impactful insight and analysis across the global airline industry at a company and market level via detailed financial models to aid decision making for key stake holders at a time when risks have seldom, if ever, been higher and the global sector grapples with the imperative of funding de-carbonisation. Unique analysis forecasting global carrier-level earnings/cash flows, and restructuring/de-leveraging prospects, is designed to dynamically assess the health of the industry, predict surprises and identify potential requirements for third party support.

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<li>Southwest continues to suffer revenue generation challenges and issued another profit warning today, yet pricing pressure simply exposes a lack of control over its costs</li>
<li>Our detailed analysis of Southwest's financial performance illustrates it has seen labor inflation decimate its conversion of gross profit to EBITDAR, now ranking among the bottom tier of the sector</li>
<li>Our deep dive on peer financial performances illustrates that only American, Delta and United have managed to broadly protect gross profit/EBITDAR conversion while all others have seen labor costs bite</li>
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Southwest continues to suffer revenue generation challenges and issued another profit warning today, yet pricing pressure simply exposes a lack of control over its costs
Our detailed analysis of Southwest's financial performance illustrates it has seen labor inflation decimate its conversion of gross profit to EBITDAR, now ranking among the bottom tier of the sector
Our deep dive on peer financial performances illustrates that only American, Delta and United have managed to broadly protect gross profit/EBITDAR conversion while all others have seen labor costs bite


Southwest Airlines: Dissecting the Drivers of Profitability Drag

<ul><li>Southwest Airlines Co.'s Q1 2024 earnings reveal a mixed bag with several strengths and challenges.</li><li>The company reported record Q1 operating revenues and passengers, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of record top-line performance.</li><li>Managed business revenues were up 25% year-over-year, and the company saw an improvement in almost all operational and customer metrics.</li></ul>

Southwest Airlines Co.'s Q1 2024 earnings reveal a mixed bag with several strengths and challenges.The company reported record Q1 operating revenues and passengers, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of record top-line performance.Managed business revenues were up 25% year-over-year, and the company saw an improvement in almost all operational and customer metrics.

Southwest Airlines: Revenue Enhancement through Robust Marketing and RM System Tuning! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Southwest Airlines Co.'s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings underscored some significant strides the company has taken over the past year, balanced by the ongoing challenges that the airline industry continues to face.</li><li>In terms of the positive highlights, CEO Bob Jordan commended the company for its impressive resilience, noting that they had successfully implemented a comprehensive winter weather action plan, fully staffed their operation, and restored their network following a disruptive winter storm in 2022.</li><li>Furthermore, the company saw improvement in almost every operational metric, maintained a 99% completion factor across the year, and secured nine labor agreements in a year.</li></ul>

Southwest Airlines Co.'s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings underscored some significant strides the company has taken over the past year, balanced by the ongoing challenges that the airline industry continues to face.In terms of the positive highlights, CEO Bob Jordan commended the company for its impressive resilience, noting that they had successfully implemented a comprehensive winter weather action plan, fully staffed their operation, and restored their network following a disruptive winter storm in 2022.Furthermore, the company saw improvement in almost every operational metric, maintained a 99% completion factor across the year, and secured nine labor agreements in a year.

Southwest Airlines: Recovering Demand and Network Optimization! - Major Drivers

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Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

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<ul><li>The number of weekly flights between China and the U.S. will increase again next month, sparking hopes that more supply will put downward pressure on sky-high ticket prices.</li><li>But industry insiders warned that the cost of a ticket won’t drop significantly anytime soon, as low travel demand means American airlines are taking a “cautious” approach to resuming operations.</li><li>From Nov. 9, Chinese carriers will be able to operate 35 weekly round-trips to the U.S., according to a U.S. Department of Transportation order issued Friday. </li></ul>

The number of weekly flights between China and the U.S. will increase again next month, sparking hopes that more supply will put downward pressure on sky-high ticket prices.But industry insiders warned that the cost of a ticket won’t drop significantly anytime soon, as low travel demand means American airlines are taking a “cautious” approach to resuming operations.From Nov. 9, Chinese carriers will be able to operate 35 weekly round-trips to the U.S., according to a U.S. Department of Transportation order issued Friday. 

More China-U.S. Flights Unlikely to Bring Down High Ticket Prices 

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Southwest Airlines Co. is a domestic airline that provides primarily short-haul, high-frequency, point-to-point service.  The Company offers flights throughout the United States.

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Southwest Airlines: Fleet Expansion Challenges & Other Elements Causing Our Pessimism! - Financial Forecasts

Southwest Airlines recently announced its second quarter 2024 performance along with key strategic changes intended to address its current...

Baptista Research

Southwest Airlines: Dissecting the Drivers of Profitability Drag

Deep dive disaggregating the key drivers of Southwest Airlines's underperformance of its fellow US majors, ranking it alongside the bottom tier of...

Neil Glynn

Southwest Airlines: Revenue Enhancement through Robust Marketing and RM System Tuning! - Major Drivers

Southwest Airlines Co.'s Q1 2024 earnings reveal a mixed bag with several strengths and challenges. The company reported record Q1 operating...

Baptista Research

Southwest Airlines: Recovering Demand and Network Optimization! - Major Drivers

Southwest Airlines Co.'s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings underscored some significant strides the company has taken over the past year, balanced by...

Baptista Research

More China-U.S. Flights Unlikely to Bring Down High Ticket Prices

The number of weekly flights between China and the U. S. will increase again next month, sparking hopes that more supply will put downward...

Caixin Global

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