On Monday, Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) opened lower -0.49% from the last sessionbefore settling in for the closing price of $28.68. Price fluctuations for LUV have ranged from $21.91 to $35.18 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 15.47%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -77.64% at the time writing. With a float of $596.74 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $599.16 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 74806 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 14.79%, operating margin of -0.74%, and the pretax margin is 0.48%.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Airlines industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Southwest Airlines Co is 0.40%, while institutional ownership is 102.17%.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Recent Fiscal highlights
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -77.64% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.79% during the next five years compared to -29.89% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Southwest Airlines Co (LUV). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.85. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.63.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.12, a number that is poised to hit -0.22 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.28 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)
Looking closely at Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV), its last 5-days average volume was 6.79 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 9.55 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 21.07%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.87.
During the past 100 days, Southwest Airlines Co’s (LUV) raw stochastic average was set at 71.47%, which indicates a significant increase from 21.89% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.04% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 37.84% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $27.36, while its 200-day Moving Average is $28.77. However, in the short run, Southwest Airlines Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $28.81. Second resistance stands at $29.08. The third major resistance level sits at $29.31. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $28.32, it is likely to go to the next support level at $28.09. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $27.82.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Key Stats
There are currently 598,456K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 17.10 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 26,091 M according to its annual income of 465,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 7,354 M and its income totaled 367,000 K.
