Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) kicked off on Monday, up 0.60% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $26.49. Over the past 52 weeks, LUV has traded in a range of $23.58-$36.12.
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A company in the Industrials sector has jumped its sales by 16.11% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 27.95%. With a float of $567.15 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $569.87 million.
In an organization with 72450 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 26.29%, operating margin of 2.69%, and the pretax margin is 2.55%.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Airlines Industry. The insider ownership of Southwest Airlines Co is 1.18%, while institutional ownership is 89.21%. 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) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.29 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 27.95% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 52.33% 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
Take a look at Southwest Airlines Co’s (LUV) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.72. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.55.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.84, a number that is poised to hit 0.52 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.48 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 14.58 million. That was better than the volume of 11.92 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 87.97%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.52.
During the past 100 days, Southwest Airlines Co’s (LUV) raw stochastic average was set at 23.04%, which indicates a significant decrease from 54.05% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 84.07% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 48.16% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $29.61, while its 200-day Moving Average is $30.12. However, in the short run, Southwest Airlines Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $27.29. Second resistance stands at $27.92. The third major resistance level sits at $28.44. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $26.14, it is likely to go to the next support level at $25.62. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $24.99.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 15.19 billion has total of 573,914K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 27,483 M in contrast with the sum of 465,000 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 6,930 M and last quarter income was 262,000 K.
