Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) is -10.53% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $23.58 and a high of $36.12 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LUV stock was last observed hovering at around $29.85 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.23%.
Currently trading at $30.08, the stock is 13.54% and 2.08% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 11.88 million and changing 0.77% at the moment leaves the stock -0.20% off its SMA200. LUV registered 17.18% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -4.42%.
The stock witnessed a 4.23% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.31%, and is 12.87% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.98% over the week and 6.30% over the month.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) has around 72450 employees, a market worth around $17.14B and $27.58B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 35.72 and Fwd P/E is 12.12. Profit margin for the company is 2.00%. Distance from 52-week low is 27.57% and -16.72% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.82%).
with sales reaching $7.3B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 21.52% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.53% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.76% in year-over-year returns.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Top Institutional Holders
1072.0 institutions hold shares in Southwest Airlines Co (LUV), with institutional investors hold 91.62% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 569.87M, and float is at 563.15M with Short Float at 5.88%. Institutions hold 90.65% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 67.6 million shares valued at $1.93 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.286% of the LUV Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with 57.92 million shares valued at $1.66 billion to account for 9.6694 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ which holds 49.91 million shares representing 8.332% and valued at over $1.43 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 6.6275 of the shares totaling 39.7 million with a market value of $1.14 billion.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by SARETSKY GREGG A, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that SARETSKY GREGG A bought 3,670 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 30 ’25 at a price of $27.29 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 14881.0 shares.
Southwest Airlines Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 29 ’25 that Breber Pierre R (Director) bought a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 29 ’25 and was made at $26.89 per share for $0.27 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 44000.0 shares of the LUV stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 28 ’25, Hess David P (Director) acquired 7,500 shares at an average price of $26.52 for $0.2 million. The insider now directly holds 23,156 shares of Southwest Airlines Co (LUV).
