kicked off on Monday, with Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) stock price up 0.03% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $34.83. LUV’s price has ranged from $23.58 to $36.12 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 16.11%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 81.63%. With a float of $585.70 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $593.31 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts 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 Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Airlines Industry. The insider ownership of Southwest Airlines Co is 1.17%, while institutional ownership is 86.81%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 12 ’25, was worth 150,150. In this transaction Director of this company bought 5,000 shares at a rate of $30.03, taking the stock ownership to the 19,011 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 13 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 3,268 for $30.58, making the entire transaction worth $99,935. This insider now owns 11,243 shares in total.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 81.63% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 53.77% 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
Here are Southwest Airlines Co’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.85. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.75.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.71, a number that is poised to hit -0.17 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.80 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 15.2 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 10.96 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 97.33%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.13.
During the past 100 days, Southwest Airlines Co’s (LUV) raw stochastic average was set at 84.90%, which indicates a significant decrease from 97.82% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 41.96% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 29.09% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $31.26, while its 200-day Moving Average is $30.13. However, in the short run, Southwest Airlines Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $35.12. Second resistance stands at $35.40. The third major resistance level sits at $35.80. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $34.44, it is likely to go to the next support level at $34.04. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $33.76.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 20.65 billion, the company has a total of 592,661K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 27,483 M while annual income is 465,000 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 6,930 M while its latest quarter income was 262,000 K.
