NYSE:LUV - Southwest Airlines Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Southwest Airlines declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 6th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Wednesday, June 27th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 5th. This is a boost from Southwest Airlines's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. View Southwest Airlines' Dividend History.

Southwest Airlines declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 5.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The airline reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.01. The airline earned $4.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5 billion. Southwest Airlines had a net margin of 16.95% and a return on equity of 23.25%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.61 earnings per share. View Southwest Airlines' Earnings History.

Southwest Airlines is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Southwest Airlines.

18 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Southwest Airlines' stock. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate Southwest Airlines' stock price to reach $68.8889 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Southwest Airlines.

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Media stories about LUV stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Southwest Airlines earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the airline an impact score of 46.76 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Southwest Airlines' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.16%), Boston Partners (1.44%), Northern Trust Corp (1.00%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (0.80%), Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. (0.63%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.57%). Company insiders that own Southwest Airlines stock include De Ven Michael G Van, Douglas H Brooks, Gary C Kelly, Gregory D Wells, J Veronica Biggins, Jeff Lamb, John T Montford, Mark R Shaw, Robert E Jordan, 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 Millennium Management LLC, Element Capital Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, New York State Common Retirement Fund, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., State of Tennessee Treasury Department and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Airlines company stock in the last year include De Ven Michael G Van, Douglas H Brooks, Gary C Kelly, Gregory D Wells, J Veronica Biggins, Jeff Lamb, John T Montford, Mark R Shaw, Robert E Jordan and Tammy Romo. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southwest Airlines.

LUV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., American Century Companies Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Toronto Dominion Bank, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Southwest Airlines stock in the last two years include De Ven Michael G Van, Gary C Kelly and William H Dr Cunningham. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LUV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.22.

Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $30.26 billion and generates $21.17 billion in revenue each year. The airline earns $3.49 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.50 on an earnings per share basis. Southwest Airlines employs 56,100 workers across the globe.

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.