NYSE:LUVSouthwest Airlines Stock Price, Forecast & News

Southwest Airlines' stock was trading at $42.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LUV stock has decreased by 17.9% and is now trading at $34.90.
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21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Airlines in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Southwest Airlines is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The airline reported ($2.67) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($2.53) by $0.14. The airline earned $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $867.19 million. Southwest Airlines had a net margin of 0.99% and a negative return on equity of 4.11%. The company's revenue was down 82.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.37 earnings per share.
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Southwest Airlines declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 4th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, March 25th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.06%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 3rd.
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21 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Southwest Airlines' shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Southwest Airlines' share price to reach $49.15 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.8% from the stock's current price.
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News headlines about LUV stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Southwest Airlines earned a media sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the airline a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.
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Southwest Airlines saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 15,680,000 shares, a decrease of 12.5% from the June 15th total of 17,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 25,140,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days.
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Some companies that are related to Southwest Airlines include Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Continental (UAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Copa (CPA), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), SkyWest (SKYW), Spirit Airlines (SAVE) and Hawaiian (HA).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Southwest Airlines investors own include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Boeing (BA), Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of America (BAC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Southwest Airlines trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LUV."

Southwest Airlines' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.11%), FIL Ltd (0.89%), U S Global Investors Inc. (0.65%), Provident Trust Co. (0.50%), Par Capital Management Inc. (0.43%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%). Company insiders that own Southwest Airlines stock include Andrew M Watterson, Berkshire Hathaway Inc and John T Montford.
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LUV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, WS Management Lllp, LSV Asset Management, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Strs Ohio, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Airlines company stock in the last year include Andrew M Watterson, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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LUV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., FIL Ltd, U S Global Investors Inc., Par Capital Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Columbus Circle Investors, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., and Lateef Investment Management L.P..
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Shares of LUV can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LUV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.90.

Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $20.59 billion and generates $22.43 billion in revenue each year. The airline earns $2.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.27 on an earnings per share basis. Southwest Airlines employs 60,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Southwest Airlines is www.southwest.com.

Southwest Airlines' mailing address is 2702 LOVE FIELD DRIVE P O BOX 36611, DALLAS TX, 75235. The airline can be reached via phone at 214-792-4000.