Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) is -6.48% 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 $32.20 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.76%.
Currently trading at $31.44, the stock is -3.61% and 5.11% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 12.67 million and changing -2.36% at the moment leaves the stock 1.45% off its SMA200. LUV registered 10.67% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -5.39%.
The stock witnessed a -3.76% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.93%, and is -8.50% down 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 2.04% over the week and 2.22% over the month.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) has around 72450 employees, a market worth around $17.92B and $27.58B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 37.34 and Fwd P/E is 12.52. Profit margin for the company is 2.00%. Distance from 52-week low is 33.33% and -12.96% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.82%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 20.65% this year.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 569.87M, and float is at 563.08M with Short Float at 9.03%.
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
Southwest Airlines Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 30 ’25 that SARETSKY GREGG A (Director) bought a total of 3,670 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 30 ’25 and was made at $27.29 per share for $0.1 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 14881.0 shares of the LUV stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 29 ’25, Breber Pierre R (Director) acquired 10,000 shares at an average price of $26.89 for $0.27 million. The insider now directly holds 44,000 shares of Southwest Airlines Co (LUV).
