On Tuesday, Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) was -0.92% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $30.28. A 52-week range for LUV has been $23.58 – $36.12.
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Annual sales at Industrials sector company grew by 16.11% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 72.09%. With a float of $585.59 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $593.31 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 72450 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 16.52%, operating margin of 1.47%, and the pretax margin is 2.18%.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Southwest Airlines Co stocks. The insider ownership of Southwest Airlines Co is 1.19%, while institutional ownership is 92.14%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 06 ’24, was worth 132,386. In this transaction Chief Administration Officer of this company sold 3,849 shares at a rate of $34.40, taking the stock ownership to the 89,376 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 06 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 3,849 for $34.40, making the entire transaction worth $132,386.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.84 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 72.09% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 48.19% during the next five years compared to -29.29% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent 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 0.65.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.71, a number that is poised to hit -0.16 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.42 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) saw its 5-day average volume 8.42 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 8.38 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 43.74%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.83.
During the past 100 days, Southwest Airlines Co’s (LUV) raw stochastic average was set at 21.18%, which indicates a significant increase from 18.68% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 17.10% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 28.15% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $32.44, while its 200-day Moving Average is $29.67. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $30.64 in the near term. At $31.27, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $31.70. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $29.58, it is likely to go to the next support level at $29.15. The third support level lies at $28.52 if the price breaches the second support level.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Key Stats
There are 592,661K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 17.78 billion. As of now, sales total 27,483 M while income totals 465,000 K. Its latest quarter income was 6,931 M while its last quarter net income were 261,000 K.
