NYSE:LUVSouthwest Airlines Stock Price, Forecast & News

Southwest Airlines' stock was trading at $42.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LUV stock has decreased by 17.7% and is now trading at $34.99.
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22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Airlines in the last year. There are currently 8 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The airline reported ($2.67) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($2.53) by $0.14. The airline had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $867.19 million. Southwest Airlines had a net margin of 0.99% and a negative return on equity of 4.11%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 82.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.37 earnings per share.
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Southwest Airlines announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 4th will be paid 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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22 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Southwest Airlines' shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate Southwest Airlines' stock price to reach $49.15 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.5% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about LUV stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southwest Airlines earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the airline a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several 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), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), 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), Boeing (BA), Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of America (BAC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Netflix (NFLX), 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 Provident Trust Co. (0.50%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.21%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.14%), Columbus Circle Investors (0.15%), State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System (0.12%) and Raymond James & Associates (0.14%). 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, LSV Asset Management, Strs Ohio, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Denali Advisors LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. 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 Columbus Circle Investors, Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC, Avalon Investment & Advisory, Raymond James & Associates, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., TIAA FSB, Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc., and Sitrin Capital Management LLC.
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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 $34.99.

Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $20.64 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.