Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] stock is trading at $32.50, down -0.28%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The LUV shares have gain 3.87% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 35.19%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE: LUV] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 01, 2025, when Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Underperform but kept the price target unchanged to $28 for it. Previously, UBS upgraded its rating to Neutral on March 20, 2025, and elevated its price target to $36. On March 20, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Hold. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Underweight but stick to its price target of $25 on March 03, 2025. Argus upgraded its rating to a Buy but $35 remained the price target by the analyst firm on February 11, 2025. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on January 17, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $31. In a note dated January 16, 2025, Citigroup downgraded an Sell rating on this stock and revised its target price from $31.50 to $29.50.
Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] stock has fluctuated between $23.58 and $36.12 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $33.2 within the next 12 months. Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE: LUV] shares were valued at $32.50 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 2.15% based on the average LUV price forecast.
Analyzing the LUV fundamentals
Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE:LUV] reported sales of 27.58B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.56%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.18% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.02%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.85.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Southwest Airlines Co’s Current Ratio is 0.77. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.72, while the Cash Ratio is 0.59. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.67, the price to book ratio is 1.98 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 38.59.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved SARETSKY GREGG A, Director, that happened on Apr 30 ’25 when 3670.0 shares were purchased. Director, Breber Pierre R completed a deal on Apr 29 ’25 to buy 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Hess David P bought 7500.0 shares on Apr 28 ’25.
