On Monday, Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) opened higher 0.29% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $31.18. Price fluctuations for LUV have 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%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 21.52% at the time writing. With a float of $563.13 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $569.87 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 72450 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 18.43%, operating margin of 1.99%, and the pretax margin is 2.55%.
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 1.18%, while institutional ownership is 89.95%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 30 ’25, was worth 100,169. In this transaction Director of this company bought 3,670 shares at a rate of $27.29, taking the stock ownership to the 14,881 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 29 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 10,000 for $26.89, making the entire transaction worth $268,877. This insider now owns 44,000 shares in total.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Recent Fiscal highlights
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 21.52% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 51.54% 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
Check out the current performance indicators for Southwest Airlines Co (LUV). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.72. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.65.
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)
Looking closely at Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV), its last 5-days average volume was 9.16 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 12.04 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 87.46%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.28.
During the past 100 days, Southwest Airlines Co’s (LUV) raw stochastic average was set at 65.25%, which indicates a significant decrease from 81.48% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.36% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 48.71% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $29.48, while its 200-day Moving Average is $30.23. However, in the short run, Southwest Airlines Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $32.34. Second resistance stands at $33.41. The third major resistance level sits at $34.05. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $30.64, it is likely to go to the next support level at $30.00. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $28.93.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Key Stats
There are currently 569,866K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 17.82 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 27,483 M according to its annual income of 465,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 6,428 M and its income totaled -149,000 K.
