Southwest Airlines

LUV · NYSE

$39.65+$0.85 (+2.19%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $38.80

About LUV

Southwest Airlines Co. engages in the operation and management of a passenger airline. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and currently employs 73,401 full-time employees. The firm's fare products include four categories: Wanna Get Away, Wanna Get Away Plus, Anytime, and Business Select to provide customers options when choosing a fare. The company also offers ancillary services, such as EarlyBird Check-In, Upgraded Boarding, and transportation of pets and unaccompanied minors, in accordance with Southwest’s respective policies. Its Rapid Rewards loyalty program enables program members to earn points for every dollar spent on Southwest base fares, also including purchases paid with LUV Vouchers, gift cards, or flight credit, with no portion of the purchase price paid with Rapid Rewards points. The company operates over 803 Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet and serves 117 destinations in 42 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ten near-international countries.

Employees
73,401
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
Listed
Jun 27, 1977
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Passenger Airlines

LUV key statistics

Market cap
19.40B
Price-earnings ratio
24.25
Dividend yield
3.04%
Average volume
5.96M
Volume
8.26M
Open price
$38.72
High today
$41.21
Low today
$38.50
52 Week high
$55.11
52 Week low
$29.26

Southwest Airlines (LUV) at a glance

Southwest Airlines (LUV) last traded at $39.65, with a market cap of 19.40B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.25 and a dividend yield of 3.04%.

Today the stock has traded between $38.50 and $41.21. The current price is 3.0% above the day's low and 3.8% below its high.

Volume so far is 8.26M shares, above the average of 5.96M shares a day.

Over the past year Southwest Airlines has ranged from $29.26 to $55.11, and now sits 40% of the way up that range.

Southwest Airlines met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 5 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $0.94 per share against an estimate of $0.5152.

The average analyst price target is $50.35, 27.0% above the current price, from 19 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

42%of 19 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy42.1%
  • Hold47.4%
  • Sell10.5%
Price target · 25 analystsAvg $50.35
Low
$35.35
Now
$39.65
High
$68.25

LUV earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 5 of the last 8 quarters, by 904.6% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $0.15 per share against an estimate of $0.0037
  2. Q4 FY24: reported $0.56 per share against an estimate of $0.4465
  3. Q1 FY25: reported -$0.13 per share against an estimate of -$0.1824
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $0.43 per share against an estimate of $0.5123
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $0.11 per share against an estimate of -$0.0331
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $0.58 per share against an estimate of $0.5837
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $0.45 per share against an estimate of $0.4778
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $0.94 per share against an estimate of $0.5152

LUV news

  • Evette Mitkov

    Airline Stocks Move Higher as Oil Prices Fall

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    MORE TO LOVE FROM RAPID REWARDS: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES EXPANDS REWARDS, REDEMPTION, AND MEMBER BENEFITS

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  • Badar Shaikh

    Florida, Georgia, Alabama Declare States of Emergency, Gulf Coast Evacuations as Isaias Intensifies to Category 2

  • Chris Katje

    Delta Air Lines Q3 Preview: Stock Gains Since Iran War Rare for Sector, Will They Continue?

  • Chris Katje

    Airline Stocks Get Hit by Short Sellers as Oil Hedge: ‘A Bet the War Does Not End Soon’

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    SOUTHWEST AIRLINES LAUNCHES FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND U.S. AIRLINE PLUGIN IN CHATGPT

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    SOUTHWEST AIRLINES INVITES BUSY AMERICANS TO ENTER AIRPLANE MODE AND RECLAIM THEIR TIME

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