Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE: LUV] surged by $0.16 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $26.65.
Southwest Airlines Co stock has also gained 10.86% of its value over the past 7 days. However, LUV stock has declined by -18.20% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -13.28% and lost -20.73% year-on date.
The market cap for LUV stock reached $15.29 billion, with 569.87 million shares outstanding and 567.15 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 12.85M shares, LUV reached a trading volume of 14984848 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say 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 $27.95 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 3.12. 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.
Jefferies have made an estimate for Southwest Airlines Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underperform, with their previous recommendation back on April 01, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS raised their target price from $29 to $36. The new note on the price target was released on March 20, 2025, representing the official price target for Southwest Airlines Co stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Southwest Airlines Co is set at 1.52, with the Price to Sales ratio for LUV stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.55. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.62, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 14.38.
LUV stock trade performance evaluation
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 10.86. With this latest performance, LUV shares dropped by -21.46% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -13.28% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -9.04% 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 45.13, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 49.15, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 44.02 for Southwest Airlines Co [LUV]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 29.61, while it was recorded at 25.97 for the last single week of trading, and 30.12 for the last 200 days.
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Southwest Airlines Co’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.72 and a Current Ratio set at 0.77.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] stock
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 52.33%.
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $90.00%, or 90.95%% 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 11.286%. 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 8.332%.
