LUV

Southwest Airlines Co

Jan 30 • 11:03AM ET

48.58

+0.08 0.17 %

Industrials • Airlines • USA • NYSE

Today, 10:05 AMBMO Capital upgrades Southwest Airlines to Outperform from Market Perform and raises its price target to $57.50 from $43, citing momentum from current initiatives and expected 2026 EPS of at least $4.00.

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Index	S&P 500	P/E	57.08	EPS (ttm)	0.85	Insider Own	1.24%	Shs Outstand	517.15M	Perf Week	15.82%
Market Cap	25.13B	Forward P/E	10.87	EPS next Y	4.47	Insider Trans	-0.05%	Shs Float	510.75M	Perf Month	17.72%
Enterprise Value	27.88B	PEG	0.15	EPS next Q	0.41	Inst Own	101.56%	Short Float	4.34%	Perf Quarter	58.46%
Income	441.00M	P/S	0.90	EPS this Y	292.81%	Inst Trans	5.65%	Short Ratio	2.34	Perf Half Y	57.08%
Sales	28.06B	P/B	3.23	EPS next Y	22.31%	ROA	1.36%	Short Interest	22.18M	Perf YTD	17.55%
Book/sh	15.04	P/C	7.78	EPS next 5Y	73.69%	ROE	4.81%	52W High	49.12 -1.09%	Perf Year	53.51%
Cash/sh	6.25	P/FCF	-	EPS past 3/5Y	-2.01% -	ROIC	3.31%	52W Low	23.82 104.01%	Perf 3Y	31.77%
Dividend Est.	0.79 (1.62%)	EV/EBITDA	12.27	Sales past 3/5Y	5.63% 25.41%	Gross Margin	18.41%	Volatility	4.97% 3.15%	Perf 5Y	6.50%
Dividend TTM	0.72 (1.48%)	EV/Sales	0.99	EPS Y/Y TTM	10.87%	Oper. Margin	2.53%	ATR (14)	1.64	Perf 10Y	24.58%
Dividend Ex-Date	Dec 26, 2025	Quick Ratio	0.45	Sales Y/Y TTM	2.11%	Profit Margin	1.57%	RSI (14)	74.96	Recom	2.82
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	58.74% 31.95%	Current Ratio	0.52	EPS Q/Q	46.99%	SMA20	12.59%	Beta	1.15	Target Price	44.90
Payout	91.14%	Debt/Eq	0.75	Sales Q/Q	7.37%	SMA50	21.28%	Rel Volume	1.54	Prev Close	48.50
Employees	72450	LT Debt/Eq	0.67	Earnings	Jan 28 AMC	SMA200	43.23%	Avg Volume	9.47M	Price	48.58
IPO	Oct 24, 1975	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	2.06% -0.79%	Trades		Volume	4,029,411	Change	0.17%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Today	Upgrade	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform → Outperform	$57.50
Today	Reiterated	TD Cowen	Hold	$42 → $50
Jan-09-26	Upgrade	JP Morgan	Underweight → Overweight	$60
Dec-18-25	Initiated	Wells Fargo	Equal Weight	$45
Dec-12-25	Reiterated	TD Cowen	Hold	$31 → $42
Dec-09-25	Initiated	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform	$43
Dec-04-25	Initiated	Citigroup	Neutral	$38
Jul-24-25	Downgrade	HSBC Securities	Hold → Reduce
Jul-15-25	Downgrade	Evercore ISI	Outperform → In-line	$40
May-29-25	Upgrade	Deutsche Bank	Hold → Buy	$40
May-27-25	Upgrade	Jefferies	Underperform → Hold	$33
Apr-01-25	Downgrade	Jefferies	Hold → Underperform	$28
Mar-20-25	Upgrade	UBS	Sell → Neutral	$29 → $36
Mar-20-25	Upgrade	Melius	Sell → Hold
Mar-03-25	Downgrade	JP Morgan	Neutral → Underweight	$25
Feb-11-25	Upgrade	Argus	Hold → Buy	$35
Jan-17-25	Downgrade	BofA Securities	Neutral → Underperform	$31
Jan-16-25	Downgrade	Citigroup	Neutral → Sell	$31.50 → $29.50
Dec-11-24	Resumed	Morgan Stanley	Overweight	$42
Dec-06-24	Reiterated	TD Cowen	Hold	$25 → $28

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Southwest Airlines Co. engages in the operation and management of a passenger airline. The firm also offers ancillary services such as early bird check-in, upgraded boarding, and transportation of pets and unaccompanied minors. It operates in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. The company was founded by Rollin W. King and Herbert D. Kelleher on March 9, 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Jones Justin	EVP Operations	Dec 05 '25	Sale	37.36	8,085	302,056	61,860	Dec 08 04:52 PM
Jones Justin	Officer	Dec 05 '25	Proposed Sale	37.36	8,085	302,056		Dec 05 01:31 PM
Feinberg Sarah	Director	Aug 05 '25	Buy	30.01	1,500	45,008	14,229	Aug 07 04:24 PM
SARETSKY GREGG A	Director	Aug 06 '25	Buy	30.03	3,345	100,447	23,644	Aug 07 04:21 PM
Green Ryan C.	Officer	Jun 06 '25	Proposed Sale	32.94	20,910	688,790		Jun 06 12:30 PM
SARETSKY GREGG A	Director	Apr 30 '25	Buy	27.29	3,670	100,169	14,881	May 01 05:33 PM
Breber Pierre R	Director	Apr 29 '25	Buy	26.89	10,000	268,877	44,000	Apr 30 04:40 PM
Hess David P	Director	Apr 28 '25	Buy	26.52	7,500	198,900	23,156	Apr 29 06:15 PM
Cush C. David	Director	Mar 12 '25	Buy	30.03	5,000	150,150	19,011	Mar 14 04:55 PM
Watson Patricia A	Director	Mar 13 '25	Buy	30.58	3,268	99,935	11,243	Mar 14 04:52 PM
Reynolds Christopher P.	Director	Mar 13 '25	Buy	30.68	3,258	99,955	18,914	Mar 14 04:47 PM
Feinberg Sarah	Director	Mar 14 '25	Buy	31.48	500	15,740	7,311	Mar 14 04:38 PM

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