Southwest Airlines Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Airlines in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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 Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 21st. The airline reported ($0.35) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.23) by $0.12. The airline had revenue of $4.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.94 billion. Southwest Airlines had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.72% and a negative net margin of 16.23%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 297.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($2.67) earnings per share.
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Southwest Airlines' stock was trading at $42.49 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LUV shares have increased by 15.7% and is now trading at $49.18.
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Southwest Airlines updated its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.51 billion-$4.62 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.16 billion.

18 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Southwest Airlines' stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect Southwest Airlines' share price to reach $59.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Primecap Management Co. CA (9.55%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.86%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.98%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.78%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.71%) and U S Global Investors Inc. (1.13%). Company insiders that own Southwest Airlines stock include Andrew M Watterson, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, De Ven Michael G Van, Gregory D Wells, John T Montford, Tammy Romo and Thomas M Nealon.
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LUV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Primecap Management Co. CA, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Boston Partners, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Scout Investments Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., and Laurion Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Airlines company stock in the last year include Andrew M Watterson, De Ven Michael G Van, Gregory D Wells, John T Montford, Tammy Romo, and Thomas M Nealon.
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LUV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jefferies Group LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Simplex Trading LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., and Lodge Hill Capital 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 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 $49.18.

Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $29.10 billion and generates $9.05 billion in revenue each year. The airline earns $-3,074,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($6.22) on an earnings per share basis.

Southwest Airlines employs 56,500 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Southwest Airlines: AirTran Airways, AirTran Airways 717 Leasing Corporation, AirTran Airways Inc., AirTran Holdings LLC, Morris Air, Southwest Jet Fuel Co., TranStar Airlines, and Triple Crown Assurance Co..

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.