A share price of Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] is currently trading at $32.89, up 0.70%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LUV shares have gain 1.20% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 23.41%, 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 May 27, 2025, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $33 for it. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Underperform on April 01, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $28. On March 20, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $36 on the stock. Melius upgraded its rating to a Hold. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Underweight but $25 remained the price target by the analyst firm on March 03, 2025. Argus upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on February 11, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $35. In a note dated January 17, 2025, BofA Securities downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $31.
Southwest Airlines Co experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $23.58 and $36.12. 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 $32.89 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 0.94% based on the average LUV price forecast.
Analyzing the LUV fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE:LUV] were 27.58B which represents 1.56% growth. 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.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 32.57 points at the first support level, and at 32.25 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 33.23, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 33.56.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE:LUV] is 0.77. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.72, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.59. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.68, the price to book ratio is 2.00 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 39.06.
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.
