Originally Posted by
Smooth at FL450
Enough cash in the bank to pay off all debt and still be $5B net cash +, about 2/3 hedged for 2022 fuel consumption at $80, and minimal international exposure. Things will hurt...but you know that saying about not needing to outrun the bear when your friend is slower?
Southwest Airlines Reports Fourth Quarter Profit And Full Year Results – Southwest Airlines (southwestairlinesinvestorrelations.com)
On it's most recent quarter, Southwest lists current assets at $18B, with $12.5B in cash/cash equivalents.
It also lists its current debts as $9.2B, and it's long term debt minus current maturities as $10.2B.
The interest on that long term debt of $10.2B comes with a $450M payment per quarter, up from $220M a year earlier. So the statement of paying off "all debt" isn't true.
I know the company says they have $15.5B in cash on hand, and $10.7B in liabilities, with a $4.8B net positive cash position. But pretty sure it's a spin job to a certain extent. TECHNICALLY, they can't pay off their long term debt with the cash they have on hand.
Of note, long term debt at the end of 2019 was ~$1.8B, and cash on hand was ~$4B. That cash on hand grew by $10B when they took out $10B in long term debt during the spring of 2020.
1Q 2020
"As of March 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $5.5 billion
in cash and short-term investments, including proceeds of $500 million
of unsecured notes due 2030, issued February 10, 2020; $1.0 billion
from a 364-day secured term loan, entered into March 12, 2020; and $1.0 billion
drawn from the Company's revolving credit facility on March 16, 2020, which was subsequently secured. On March 30, 2020, the Company renegotiated its $1.0 billion
364-day term loan to add additional funds of approximately $2.3 billion
, which were received on April 1, 2020. On April 24, 2020, the Company received another $350 million
in funds pursuant to its approximately $417 million
accordion provision as part of the 364-day term loan agreement. Since the beginning of 2020, the Company has bolstered cash on hand by $6.8 billion
as of April 24, 2020, including $1.6 billion
of PSP proceeds, with the remaining $1.6 billion
of PSP proceeds expected to be received by July 2020."
2Q 2020
"As of June 30, 2020, the Company had approximately $14.5 billion
in cash and short-term investments, and a fully available revolving credit facility of $1.0 billion
. Since the Company's previous update of cash and short-term investments of approximately $13.9 billion
as of June 17, 2020, the Company received its third disbursement of PSP proceeds in the amount of $652 million
. The remaining $326 million
of PSP proceeds is expected to be received by the end of this month. Since the beginning of 2020, the Company has raised cash of approximately $17.3 billion
, net of fees, including $12.2 billion
in financings and sale-leaseback transactions, $2.2 billion
through a common stock offering, and $2.9 billion
of PSP proceeds. The Company currently has unencumbered assets worth approximately $12 billion, including approximately $10 billion in aircraft. As of June 30, 2020, the Company was in a net cash position5
of $4.9 billion
, and its adjusted debt6
to average invested capital (leverage) was 49 percent."
Second, out of genuine curiosity, i've tried finding it. Can you give me a link on the fuel hedging?