LUV

Southwest Airlines Co

Jan 28 • 04:00PM ET

40.86

-0.48 -1.16 %

Industrials • Airlines • USA • NYSE

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Index	S&P 500	P/E	48.00	EPS (ttm)	0.85	Insider Own	1.24%	Shs Outstand	517.15M	Perf Week	-4.64%
Market Cap	21.13B	Forward P/E	9.79	EPS next Y	4.17	Insider Trans	-0.05%	Shs Float	510.75M	Perf Month	-1.02%
Enterprise Value	23.88B	PEG	0.15	EPS next Q	0.33	Inst Own	101.69%	Short Float	4.34%	Perf Quarter	26.70%
Income	441.00M	P/S	0.75	EPS this Y	256.07%	Inst Trans	5.65%	Short Ratio	2.44	Perf Half Y	31.38%
Sales	28.06B	P/B	2.72	EPS next Y	25.97%	ROA	1.36%	Short Interest	22.18M	Perf YTD	-1.14%
Book/sh	15.04	P/C	6.54	EPS next 5Y	65.36%	ROE	4.81%	52W High	45.02 -9.24%	Perf Year	25.41%
Cash/sh	6.25	P/FCF	-	EPS past 3/5Y	-2.01% -	ROIC	3.31%	52W Low	23.82 71.57%	Perf 3Y	11.37%
Dividend Est.	0.79 (1.92%)	EV/EBITDA	10.51	Sales past 3/5Y	5.63% 25.41%	Gross Margin	18.41%	Volatility	2.74% 2.52%	Perf 5Y	-14.47%
Dividend TTM	0.72 (1.76%)	EV/Sales	0.85	EPS Y/Y TTM	2419.13%	Oper. Margin	2.53%	ATR (14)	1.15	Perf 10Y	3.97%
Dividend Ex-Date	Dec 26, 2025	Quick Ratio	0.45	Sales Y/Y TTM	2.11%	Profit Margin	1.57%	RSI (14)	45.06	Recom	2.86
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	58.74% 31.95%	Current Ratio	0.52	EPS Q/Q	46.99%	SMA20	-3.70%	Beta	1.14	Target Price	42.79
Payout	91.14%	Debt/Eq	0.75	Sales Q/Q	7.37%	SMA50	3.68%	Rel Volume	1.14	Prev Close	41.34
Employees	72450	LT Debt/Eq	0.67	Earnings	Jan 28 AMC	SMA200	21.27%	Avg Volume	9.09M	Price	40.86
IPO	Oct 24, 1975	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	2.06% -0.79%	Trades		Volume	10,626,332	Change	-1.16%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
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
Nov-26-24	Resumed	UBS	Sell	$27
Nov-15-24	Resumed	Goldman	Sell	$28

Show Previous Ratings

Jan-28-26 06:30PM	Southwest (LUV) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say (Zacks)
04:48PM	Southwest Airlines Beats Expectations and Sees 2026 Profit Surging on New Policies (Barrons.com)
05:30PM	Southwest Airlines (LUV) Surpasses Q4 Earnings Estimates (Zacks)
05:07PM	IBM, ServiceNow, Southwest: Earnings roundup (Yahoo Finance Video)
04:55PM	Why Southwest Airlines Stock Is Flying Higher After Q4 Earnings (Benzinga)
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04:54PM	Southwest says assigned seats will make it more profitable this year, as stock rallies (MarketWatch)
04:45PM	Southwest Forecasts Profit Surge as Assigned-Seating Flights Take Off (The Wall Street Journal)
04:28PM	Southwest: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
04:28PM	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2025 RESULTS; EXPECTS STRONG 2026 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FROM BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION (PR Newswire)
01:01PM	Gold Rallies To $5,300, Memory Stocks Go Wild: What's Moving Markets Wednesday? (Benzinga)
03:28AM	Meta Earnings, Fed Decision, Venezuela Testimony: Still to Come This Week (The Wall Street Journal)
Jan-27-26 08:07PM	Analyst Report: Southwest Airlines Co. (Morningstar Research)
03:48PM	Southwest's open seating ends with final flight (LA Times)
03:02PM	Southwest earnings: What to watch for (Yahoo Finance Video)
02:16PM	American Airlines Flight Cancellations Persist as Rivals Move Past Winter Storm (The Wall Street Journal)
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09:15AM	Unlocking Q4 Potential of Southwest (LUV): Exploring Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics (Zacks)
03:15AM	Meta Earnings, Fed Decision, Venezuela Testimony: What to Watch This Week (The Wall Street Journal)
Jan-26-26 09:00PM	My Last Dash for Open Seats on Southwest (The Wall Street Journal)
03:30PM	Analysts See U.S. Airline Stock Turnaround. JetBlue, American Report This Week. (Investor's Business Daily)
02:15PM	What travelers can expect as Southwest Airlines introduces assigned seats (Associated Press Finance)
12:28PM	Why this airline stock is hurt the most as winter storm disrupts flying for thousands (MarketWatch)
08:20AM	Tesla, Microsoft, Meta, SanDisk And More: Stocks With Earnings This Week (Benzinga)
03:20AM	Meta Earnings, Fed Decision, Venezuela Testimony: What to Watch This Week (The Wall Street Journal)
Jan-25-26 07:52AM	Big Tech earnings, Fed meeting feature as markets end January with busiest week of Q1: What to watch (Yahoo Finance)
Jan-23-26 06:10PM	Nearly 6,000 U.S. flights have been canceled ahead of winter storm - and the number is growing (MarketWatch)
05:05PM	Delayed and Cancelled Flights Are Piling Up (The Wall Street Journal)
12:43PM	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TO DISCUSS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS ON JANUARY 29, 2026 (PR Newswire)
11:25AM	Flights Cancellations Mount Ahead of Winter Storm (The Wall Street Journal)
09:40AM	Nvidia stock pops on H200 China reports, Capital One buys Brex (Yahoo Finance Video)
09:37AM	Trump's attack on the affordability crisis makes these stocks buyable (Yahoo Finance)
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06:37AM	Gold Has Shone. How Trump, Fed Can Keep It Surging in a Turbulent Market. (Barrons.com)
06:20AM	Signs of Resilience: J.P. Morgan Says the Macro Is Holding Up and Likes These 2 Stocks (TipRanks)
Jan-22-26 06:14PM	Airlines Brace for Weekend of Travel Chaos as Winter Storm Fern Barrels Across U.S. (Barrons.com)
12:58PM	Southwest Airlines Stock to Report Q4 Earnings: Is a Beat in Store? (Zacks)
11:59AM	Fooda CEO Orazio Buzza on Feeding Corporate Campuses: ICR Conference 2026 (Exec Edge)
05:30AM	The Best and Worst Airlines of 2025 (The Wall Street Journal)
Jan-21-26 10:00AM	Southwest Airlines (LUV) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: What to Know Ahead of Q4 Release (Zacks)
05:22AM	United Airlines Stock Soars as Earnings Smash Expectations. How It Hit a Revenue Record. (Barrons.com)
Jan-16-26 12:20PM	Surging Earnings Estimates Signal Upside for Southwest (LUV) Stock (Zacks)
Jan-15-26 08:55AM	Why Investors Need to Take Advantage of These 2 Transportation Stocks Now (Zacks)
Jan-14-26 09:40AM	Are Investors Undervaluing Southwest Airlines (LUV) Right Now? (Zacks)
09:40AM	Is Southwest Airlines (LUV) Outperforming Other Transportation Stocks This Year? (Zacks)
Jan-13-26 04:29PM	Delta Air Lines Earnings Beat Expectations. Why the Stock Is Dropping. (Barrons.com)
09:36AM	Delta Air Lines Announces Boeing Deal, Outlines 2026 Guidance Amid 'Accelerating' Demand (Investor's Business Daily)
07:43AM	Delta Air Lines Beat Earnings Expectations. Why the Stock Is Tumbling. (Barrons.com)
Jan-12-26 04:30PM	Delta Reports Earnings Tuesday. Why It Can Boost Airline Stocks. (Barrons.com)
01:18PM	Southwest Airlines' fee-heavy tickets fix 2 passenger pain points (TheStreet)
01:18PM	Southwest Airlines fixes massive passenger pain points (TheStreet)
01:18PM	Assigned seats solve 2 major Southwest Airlines pain points (TheStreet)
01:01PM	What Airline Earnings Could Say About Travel Trends in 2026 (Investopedia)
05:30AM	Allegiant to Buy Sun Country in Deal Valued at $1.5 Billion (Bloomberg)
Jan-09-26 07:25PM	Analyst Report: Southwest Airlines Co. (Morningstar Research)
04:38PM	S&P 500 Rallies to a New Record High on US Economic Optimism (Barchart)
04:23PM	Airline Scores Breakout, Receives Double Upgrade. Delta Earnings On Deck. (Investor's Business Daily)
01:22PM	Intel Stock Pops After Trump Praises CEO Lip-Bu Tan (GuruFocus.com)
11:25AM	Southwest Airlines Stock Hits 3-Year Highs on Double-Upgrade (Schaeffer's Research)
11:22AM	JPM double-upgrades Southwest Airlines shares, sets new street high price target (Investing.com)
11:05AM	How to Trade the Next Earnings Season? Goldman Says Try Options (Investopedia)
10:50AM	Delta, Southwest, FedEx, Marriott: Top Analyst Calls (Yahoo Finance Video)
09:47AM	Airbnb upgraded, Zillow downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
08:48AM	Airline Set For Breakout, Receives Double Upgrade. Delta Earnings On Deck. (Investor's Business Daily)
08:20AM	Southwest Airlines Stock Gets a Rare Double Upgrade. Why It's Suddenly a Buy. (Barrons.com)
08:01AM	Here Are Fridays Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Airbnb, Altria, CrowdStrike, GE Vernova, Flutter Entertainment, Robinhood, Southwest Airlines, and More (24/7 Wall St.)
Jan-08-26 08:13PM	Delta Vs United: Which Airline Stock is the Better Investment for 2026? (Zacks)
08:55AM	How to Boost Your Portfolio with Top Transportation Stocks Set to Beat Earnings (Zacks)
07:45AM	Southwest price target raised to $44 from $38 at Citi (TipRanks)
Jan-05-26 01:18PM	3 Stocks Delivered +10% Buyback Yields in 2025-What's Next in 2026? (MarketBeat)
Jan-02-26 02:30PM	Air travel 2026 outlook: Analyst predictions (Yahoo Finance Video)
Jan-01-26 12:30AM	Airline Stocks Overcame a Turbulent Year. Why They Can Fly Higher in 2026. (Barrons.com)
Dec-31-25 09:46AM	What to Expect From Southwest Airlines' Next Quarterly Earnings Report (Barchart)
Dec-26-25 01:07PM	Allegiant Gains 52% in 6 Months: What Should Investors Do Now? (Zacks)
09:42AM	Micron rallies, JetBlue & other airlines face weather disruptions (Yahoo Finance Video)
Dec-24-25 12:30PM	HALPER SADEH LLC ENCOURAGES SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. SHAREHOLDERS TO CONTACT THE FIRM TO DISCUSS THEIR RIGHTS (PR Newswire)
Dec-22-25 07:07PM	Southwest Airlines bans item other airlines allow (TheStreet)
12:03PM	The real cost of booking a Southwest Airlines flight (TheStreet)
12:03PM	The real cost of bookin a Southwest Airlines flight (TheStreet)
12:03PM	Southwest Airlines changed everything: What flyers need to know (TheStreet)
Dec-19-25 09:48AM	Southwest Airlines (LUV) Told a Good Story, Says Jim Cramer (Insider Monkey)
Dec-18-25 09:55AM	Southwest Airlines Ties Up With Turkish Airlines for Global Connection (Zacks)
09:50AM	Micron upgraded, PayPal downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
08:50AM	Here Are Thursdays Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Digital Realty, GE Vernova, Micron Technology, Merck & Co., Rivian, United Airlines, and More (24/7 Wall St.)
Dec-17-25 12:56PM	Southwest's stock flies to multiyear high. This analyst sees the airline set for even more profit. (MarketWatch)
11:00AM	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND TURKISH AIRLINES TO PARTNER IN TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2026 (PR Newswire)
10:22AM	Southwest Airlines and TJX Hit New 52-Week Highs: Which Is More Likely to Fly Higher in 2026 and beyond? (Barchart)
Dec-16-25 05:35PM	Stocks to Watch Tuesday Recap: Ford Motor, Broadcom, Lennar (The Wall Street Journal)
04:33PM	Stocks Settle Mixed on Soft US Economic News (Barchart)
01:22PM	Stocks to Watch Tuesday: Ford Motor, Broadcom, Lennar (The Wall Street Journal)
Dec-15-25 10:43AM	Meetings are not work, says Southwest Airlines CEOand hes taking action, by blocking his calendar every afternoon from Wednesday to Friday (Fortune)
06:30AM	JetBlue Courts First-Class Clientele With Pre-Flight Upgrade (The Daily Upside)
Dec-14-25 09:00PM	Transportation Stocks Are Hitting Their Stride. Thats a Good Sign for Investors. (The Wall Street Journal)
Dec-13-25 10:34AM	Jim Cramer Highlights Southwest Air CEO's Enthusiasm Around the Company's Prospects (Insider Monkey)
Dec-12-25 02:00PM	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TO OPEN NEW CREW BASE FOR PILOTS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AUS) (PR Newswire)
11:36AM	Chipotle hits 4K stores, Southwest's Austin deal, Dell prices (Yahoo Finance Video)
11:18AM	Southwest Airlines Stock: Is LUV Outperforming the Industrial Sector? (Barchart)
12:41AM	Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street from its all-time highs (Associated Press)
Dec-11-25 12:00PM	Southwest Airlines wants in on the airport lounges business (Quartz)
11:54AM	Southwest Airlines eyes airport lounges business (Quartz)
Dec-10-25 01:15PM	Should Investors Avoid Alaska Air Stock Post Bearish Q4 Guidance? (Zacks)
11:27AM	Southwest CEO: We're evolving and changing our business model around our product (CNBC TV)
09:41AM	Synopsys upgraded, Warner Bros. downgraded: Wall Streets top analyst calls (TipRanks)

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
Atherton Lisa M	Director	Jan 30 '25	Buy	31.28	118	3,691	118	Mar 10 05:34 PM

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