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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Wednesday, June 27th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 5th. This is an increase from Southwest Airlines's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. View Southwest Airlines' Dividend History.

Southwest Airlines declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The airline reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.01. The airline had revenue of $4.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5 billion. Southwest Airlines had a return on equity of 23.25% and a net margin of 16.95%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.61 EPS. 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 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Southwest Airlines' stock. Their predictions range from $61.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect Southwest Airlines' share price to reach $68.8889 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Southwest Airlines.

Some companies that are related to Southwest Airlines include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), United Continental (UAL), Lufthansa (DLAKY), China Eastern Airlines (CEA), China Southern Airlines (ZNH), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), International Airlines Group (ICAGY), Azul (AZUL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Cathay Pacific (CPCAY), JetBlue (JBLU), easyJet (EJTTF) and Copa (CPA).

News articles about LUV stock have trended positive this week, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Southwest Airlines earned a media sentiment score of 0.37 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the airline an impact score of 47.47 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Southwest Airlines' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $50.85.

Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $30.28 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.