How have Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)’s performance and profitability changed over the time?

At the time of writing, Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] stock is trading at $33.41, up 2.99%. 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 4.87% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.09%, 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.

For the past year, the stock price of Southwest Airlines Co fluctuated between $23.58 and $36.12. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $32.5 within the next 12 months. Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE: LUV] shares were valued at $33.41 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -2.72% based on the average LUV price forecast.

Analyzing the LUV fundamentals

According to Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE:LUV], the company’s sales were 27.58B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 1.56% jump. 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 32.54 points at the first support level, and at 31.67 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 33.92, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 34.43.

Ratios To Look Out For

It is important to note that Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE:LUV] has a current ratio of 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 0.69, the price to book ratio is 2.03 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 39.67.

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.

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