Southwest Airlines Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Airlines in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Southwest Airlines stock.
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Southwest Airlines is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 27th. The airline reported ($1.29) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.68) by $0.39. The airline earned $2.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.11 billion. Southwest Airlines had a negative net margin of 12.94% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.65%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 64.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.16 EPS.
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Southwest Airlines' stock was trading at $42.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LUV shares have increased by 38.7% and is now trading at $58.94.
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22 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Southwest Airlines' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Southwest Airlines' stock price to reach $51.27 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.0%.
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1,507 employees have rated Southwest Airlines CEO Gary C. Kelly on Glassdoor.com. Gary C. Kelly has an approval rating of 94% among Southwest Airlines' employees. This puts Gary C. Kelly in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Southwest Airlines include Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW) 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), NVIDIA (NVDA), The Walt Disney (DIS), The Boeing (BA), Bank of America (BAC), AT&T (T), Tesla (TSLA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU) and Netflix (NFLX).

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

Southwest Airlines' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Primecap Management Co. CA (11.05%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.62%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.59%), U S Global Investors Inc. (1.08%), Northern Trust Corp (0.92%) and Parnassus Investments CA (0.91%). Company insiders that own Southwest Airlines stock include Andrew M Watterson, Berkshire Hathaway Inc and Gregory D Wells.
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LUV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Primecap Management Co. CA, Boston Partners, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Aviva PLC, KBC Group NV, First Trust Advisors LP, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Airlines company stock in the last year include Andrew M Watterson, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, and Gregory D Wells.
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LUV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., U S Global Investors Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, MARSHALL WACE ASIA Ltd, CIBC Asset Management Inc, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A..
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LUV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.94.

Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $34.81 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 56,500 workers across the globe.

Southwest Airlines was founded in 1967.

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

Southwest Airlines is headquartered at 2702 LOVE FIELD DRIVE P O BOX 36611, DALLAS TX, 75235.

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.