Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE: LUV] gained 0.63% on the last trading session, reaching $28.92 price per share at the time.
If compared to the average trading volume of 10.92M shares, LUV reached a trading volume of 6022129 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
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Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Southwest Airlines Co [LUV]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for LUV shares is $25.47 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on LUV stock is a recommendation set at 3.35. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
TD Cowen have made an estimate for Southwest Airlines Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on July 17, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Melius raised their target price to Sell. The new note on the price target was released on June 10, 2024, representing the official price target for Southwest Airlines Co stock. On April 29, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for LUV shares from 28 to 20.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Southwest Airlines Co is set at 0.81, with the Price to Sales ratio for LUV stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.64. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.66, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 16.69.
Trading performance analysis for LUV stock
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.63. With this latest performance, LUV shares gained by 9.71% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -14.84% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -8.57% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for LUV stock in for the last two-week period is set at 64.82, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 72.02, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 59.98 for Southwest Airlines Co [LUV]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 27.16, while it was recorded at 28.73 for the last single week of trading, and 28.55 for the last 200 days.
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Southwest Airlines Co’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.85 and a Current Ratio set at 0.90.
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Southwest Airlines Co posted 0.38/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.38/share. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for LUV. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Southwest Airlines Co go to 12.79%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Southwest Airlines Co [LUV]
There are presently around $99.18%, or 99.53%% of LUV stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of LUV stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 67.6 million shares, which is approximately 11.3238%. CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, holding 57.92 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.66 billion in LUV stocks shares; and CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, currently with $$1.43 billion in LUV stock with ownership which is approximately 8.3599%.
