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LUV

Southwest Airlines Co

Mar 11 • 11:57AM ET

41.87

-0.95 -2.23 %

Industrials • Airlines • USA • NYSE

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Index	S&P 500	P/E	48.51	EPS (ttm)	0.86	Insider Own	1.25%	Shs Outstand	515.58M	Perf Week	-11.21%
Market Cap	20.57B	Forward P/E	8.32	EPS next Y	5.03	Insider Trans	-0.13%	Shs Float	485.20M	Perf Month	-21.54%
Enterprise Value	23.32B	PEG	0.10	EPS next Q	0.51	Inst Own	97.99%	Short Float	5.04%	Perf Quarter	10.32%
Income	442.00M	P/S	0.73	EPS this Y	336.69%	Inst Trans	-5.64%	Short Ratio	2.27	Perf Half Y	35.09%
Sales	28.06B	P/B	2.70	EPS next Y	23.83%	ROA	1.32%	Short Interest	24.45M	Perf YTD	1.29%
Book/sh	15.48	P/C	6.37	EPS next 5Y	79.33%	ROE	4.82%	52W High	55.11 -24.03%	Perf Year	37.13%
Cash/sh	6.58	P/FCF	-	EPS past 3/5Y	-1.92% -	ROIC	3.32%	52W Low	23.82 75.79%	Perf 3Y	27.75%
Dividend Est.	0.80 (1.90%)	EV/EBITDA	9.96	Sales past 3/5Y	5.63% 25.41%	Gross Margin	18.66%	Volatility	6.58% 4.55%	Perf 5Y	-28.40%
Dividend TTM	0.72 (1.72%)	EV/Sales	0.83	EPS Y/Y TTM	11.11%	Oper. Margin	2.78%	ATR (14)	2.23	Perf 10Y	-3.38%
Dividend Ex-Date	Mar 12, 2026	Quick Ratio	0.45	Sales Y/Y TTM	2.11%	Profit Margin	1.58%	RSI (14)	33.48	Recom	2.56
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	58.74% 31.95%	Current Ratio	0.52	EPS Q/Q	49.86%	SMA20	-14.08%	Beta	1.12	Target Price	50.79
Payout	90.90%	Debt/Eq	0.75	Sales Q/Q	7.37%	SMA50	-10.08%	Rel Volume	0.59	Prev Close	42.82
Employees	72790	LT Debt/Eq	0.67	Earnings	Jan 28 AMC	SMA200	14.02%	Avg Volume	10.78M	Price	41.87
IPO	Oct 24, 1975	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	2.06% -0.79%	Trades		Volume	2,609,721	Change	-2.23%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Feb-27-26	Upgrade	TD Cowen	Hold → Buy	$66
Feb-17-26	Upgrade	UBS	Neutral → Buy	$73
Jan-30-26	Upgrade	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform → Outperform	$57.50
Jan-30-26	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

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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
Cush C. David	Director	Feb 25 '26	Proposed Sale	49.80	10,000	498,000		Feb 25 10:39 AM
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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