Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV)
Daily ERM3 factor decomposition: how much of LUV's variance is explained by the market, its sector, and its subsector — and the ETF notionals that would neutralize each layer.
- Price
- $41.75
- Market cap
- $20.8B
- 23-day vol
- 34.8%
- Sector proxy
- XLI
- Subsector proxy
- IYT
Risk DNA
37% of LUV's variance is systematic (explainable by market, sector, and subsector factors); the rest is stock-specific.
LUV carries 63% stock-specific risk against a peer average of 76% — less of what happens here is specific to this name than is typical for its cohort.
ETF hedge ratios
Dollars of ETF to short per $1 of LUV held — executable hedge weights, not regression betas. L1 hedges market only; L3 adds sector and subsector layers.
| Level | Market (SPY) | Sector (XLI) | Subsector (IYT) | Explained risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | $-1.87 | — | — | 20.6% |
| L2 | $-1.30 | $-0.60 | — | 26.1% |
| L3 | $-1.17 | $-0.19 | $-0.58 | 37.0% |
Data as of October 24, 2026. Updated daily from the ERM3 pipeline.
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