A share price of Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] is currently trading at $37.35, up 8.14%. 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 9.89% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 11.26%, 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 29, 2025, when Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $40 for it. Previously, Jefferies upgraded its rating to Hold on May 27, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $33. On April 01, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underperform but maintained its price target of $28 on the stock. UBS upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $36 on March 20, 2025. Melius upgraded its rating to a Hold. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Underweight for this stock on March 03, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $25. In a note dated February 11, 2025, Argus upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $35.
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 $33.67 within the next 12 months. Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE: LUV] shares were valued at $37.35 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -9.85% 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.85.
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 35.81 points at the first support level, and at 34.27 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 38.37, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 39.39.
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 0.77, the price to book ratio is 2.27 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 44.35.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Green Ryan C., Officer, that happened on Jun 06 ’25 when 20910.0 shares were purchased. Director, SARETSKY GREGG A completed a deal on Apr 30 ’25 to buy 3670.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Breber Pierre R bought 10000.0 shares on Apr 29 ’25.
