Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE: LUV] stock went on a downward path that fall over -0.79% on Monday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 5.13%.
Over the last 12 months, LUV stock rose by 0.57%. The one-year Southwest Airlines Co stock forecast points to a potential downside of -13.46. The average equity rating for LUV stock is currently 2.88, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $19.27 billion, with 569.87 million shares outstanding and 563.08 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 12.66M shares, LUV stock reached a trading volume of 8573178 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on 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 $29.80 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 2.88. 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.
Deutsche Bank have made an estimate for Southwest Airlines Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on May 29, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on May 27, 2025, representing the official price target for Southwest Airlines Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $28, while Jefferies analysts kept a Underperform rating on LUV stock. On March 20, 2025, analysts increased their price target for LUV shares from 29 to 36.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.06, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 14.48.
LUV Stock Performance Analysis:
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 5.13. With this latest performance, LUV shares gained by 4.77% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 0.57% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 0.57% in the past year of trading.
Insight into Southwest Airlines Co Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] shares currently have an operating margin of 2.86% and a Gross Margin at 18.09%. Southwest Airlines Co’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 2.00%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 1.59%, with Return on Assets sitting at 1.59%.
LUV Stock EPS
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 53.08%.
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $94.04%, or 95.05% 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%.
