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 announced 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.31%. 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.15. The airline earned $5.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.65 billion. Southwest Airlines had a net margin of 10.90% and a return on equity of 24.71%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $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.

Southwest Airlines will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

19 brokers 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 5.8% 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 articles about LUV stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southwest Airlines earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the airline a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Southwest Airlines.

Southwest Airlines saw a increase in short interest in 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.4 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Bank of America (BAC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Micron Technology (MU), Boeing (BA), Starbucks (SBUX) and Visa (V).

Southwest Airlines' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vigilant Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and First National Bank of Omaha (0.02%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Compass Ion Advisors LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, FormulaFolio Investments LLC, Mountain Capital Investment Advisors Inc, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, AE Wealth Management LLC and Merit Financial Group 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 $55.01.

Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $28.95 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.