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As of close of business last night, Southwest Airlines Co’s stock clocked out at $34.84, up 0.03% from its previous closing price of $34.83. In other words, the price has increased by $0.03 from its previous closing price. On the day, 16.49 million shares were traded. LUV stock price reached its highest trading level at $35.0 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $34.32.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of LUV’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.85 and its Current Ratio is at 0.92. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.78 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.59.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, UBS on March 20, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $36 from $29 previously.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Neutral to Underweight on March 03, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $25.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 12 ’25 when Cush C. David bought 5,000 shares for $30.03 per share. The transaction valued at 150,150 led to the insider holds 19,011 shares of the business.
Watson Patricia A bought 3,268 shares of LUV for $99,935 on Mar 13 ’25. The Director now owns 11,243 shares after completing the transaction at $30.58 per share. On Mar 13 ’25, another insider, Reynolds Christopher P., who serves as the Director of the company, bought 3,258 shares for $30.68 each. As a result, the insider paid 99,955 and bolstered with 18,914 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LUV now has a Market Capitalization of 20648308736 and an Enterprise Value of 19981312000. As of this moment, Southwest’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 49.05, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.44. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.91. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.75 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.00. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.727 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.958.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LUV is 0.94, which has changed by 0.22632873 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10838497 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LUV has reached a high of $36.12, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $23.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 11.44%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 15.62%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that LUV traded 10.12M shares on average per day over the past three months and 18950090 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 593.31M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 585.70M. Insiders hold about 1.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.81% stake in the company. Shares short for LUV as of 1740700800 were 41649942 with a Short Ratio of 4.12, compared to 1738281600 on 34683168. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 41649942 and a Short% of Float of 8.9499995.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.72, LUV has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.72. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020671835The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.03. The current Payout Ratio is 95.45% for LUV, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-12 with an ex-dividend date of 1741737600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-02-16 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
