On Monday, Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) opened lower -0.81% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $33.38. Price fluctuations for LUV have ranged from $23.58 to $36.12 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Industrials sector saw sales topped by 4.15%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 23.37% at the time writing. With a float of $563.08 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $569.87 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 72450 workers is very important to gauge. 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) Insider and Institutional Ownership
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 1.19%, while institutional ownership is 93.25%. 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) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 23.37% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 52.95% 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 0.68.
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 2.52 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)
The latest stats from [Southwest Airlines Co, LUV] show that its last 5-days average volume of 14.43 million was superior to 12.06 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 76.84%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.09.
During the past 100 days, Southwest Airlines Co’s (LUV) raw stochastic average was set at 81.36%, which indicates a significant increase from 69.61% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 30.70% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 49.76% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $29.87, while its 200-day Moving Average is $30.68. Now, the first resistance to watch is $33.53. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $33.95. The third major resistance level sits at $34.30. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $32.76, it is likely to go to the next support level at $32.41. The third support level lies at $31.99 if the price breaches the second support level.
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) Key Stats
There are currently 569,866K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 18.87 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.
