NYSE:LUV - Southwest Airlines Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Southwest Airlines declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 20th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, January 8th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 10th. View Southwest Airlines' Dividend History.

Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The airline reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.15. The airline had revenue of $5.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.65 billion. Southwest Airlines had a net margin of 10.90% and a return on equity of 24.71%. The business's revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.08 earnings per share. View Southwest Airlines' Earnings History.

Southwest Airlines is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Southwest Airlines.

19 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Southwest Airlines' shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Southwest Airlines' stock price to reach $58.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Southwest Airlines.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Airlines in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 14 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Southwest Airlines.

News coverage about LUV stock has trended very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southwest Airlines earned a media sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the airline a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Southwest Airlines.

Southwest Airlines saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 18,730,000 shares, an increase of 37.8% from the November 28th total of 13,590,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,450,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.4 days. Approximately 3.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Southwest Airlines' Current Options Chain.

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), SkyWest (SKYW), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Allegiant Travel (ALGT) and Hawaiian (HA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Southwest Airlines investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Netflix (NFLX), Micron Technology (MU), Boeing (BA), Starbucks (SBUX) and Visa (V).

Southwest Airlines' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wealthstreet Investment Advisors LLC (0.08%), Vigilant Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.05%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.03%). Company insiders that own Southwest Airlines stock include Andrew M Watterson, De Ven Michael G Van, Douglas H Brooks, Gary C Kelly, Gregory D Wells, John T Montford, Mark R Shaw, Tammy Romo and William H Dr Cunningham. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Southwest Airlines.

LUV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA, United Services Automobile Association, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFP Advisors Inc, Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southwest Airlines.

LUV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, CX Institutional, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., DNB Asset Management AS, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Compass Ion Advisors LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC and FormulaFolio Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southwest Airlines.

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 $54.16.

Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $28.50 billion and generates $21.97 billion in revenue each year. The airline earns $2.47 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.24 on an earnings per share basis. Southwest Airlines employs 58,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Southwest Airlines.

The official website for Southwest Airlines is http://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.