Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) had a quiet start as it plunged -0.41% to $31.26, before settling in for the price of $31.39 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, LUV posted a 52-week range of $22.58-$35.18.
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The company of the Industrials sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 15.47%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -29.89%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -53.76%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $596.51 million, simultaneously with a float of $593.43 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $18.75 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $29.94, while the 200-day Moving Average is $29.02.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Airlines industry. Southwest Airlines Co’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.05%, in contrast to 97.75% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Oct 28 ’24, this organization’s 10% Owner sold 1,203,920 shares at the rate of 29.83, making the entire transaction reach 35,912,934 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 59,912,580. Preceding that transaction, on Oct 01 ’24, Company’s Director bought 643,788 for 29.98, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 19,300,400. This particular insider is now the holder of 3,606,311 in total.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Earnings and Revenue Records
Southwest Airlines Co’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -53.76% and is forecasted to reach 1.58 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 3.23% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -29.89% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Southwest Airlines Co (LUV). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.83. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.95. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.68.
In the same vein, LUV’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -0.07, a figure that is expected to reach 0.36 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 1.58 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)
Going through the that latest performance of [Southwest Airlines Co, LUV]. Its last 5-days volume of 6.27 million was inferior to the volume of 9.35 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 72.79% While, its Average True Range was 0.93.
Raw Stochastic average of Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 89.10%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 80.72% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 37.94% that was higher than 34.84% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
