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LUV:NYSE
Southwest Airlines Co
$41.72
-1.72%
(-0.73) 1D
$41.62
-0.24% (-0.10)
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Closed: Oct 7, 4:00:04 PM GMT-4  ·   USD
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Open
$41.68
High
$42.14
Low
$41.54
Mkt. cap
20.41B
Avg. vol.
5.66M
Volume
0.00
Dividend
1.73%
Quarterly dividend
$0.18
Ex-dividend date
Sep 3, 2026
P/E ratio
26.33
52-wk high
$55.11
52-wk low
$29.26
EPS
$1.58
Beta
1.16
Shares outstanding
489.21M
No. of employees
73K
Open
$41.68
High
$42.14
Low
$41.54
Mkt. cap
20.41B
Avg. vol.
5.66M
Volume
0.00
Dividend
1.73%
Quarterly dividend
$0.18
Ex-dividend date
Sep 3, 2026
P/E ratio
26.33
52-wk high
$55.11
52-wk low
$29.26
EPS
$1.58
Beta
1.16
Shares outstanding
489.21M
No. of employees
73K
News stories
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Profile
Southwest Airlines is a low-cost airline in the United States. It is headquartered in the Love Field neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. It is the fourth-largest airline in North America when measured by passengers carried, as of 2024. With its all-Boeing 737 fleet, Southwest serves over 100 destinations in 42 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and ten other countries and territories near the southern United States in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea regions: Aruba, the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Jamaica, and Turks and Caicos Islands. The airline was established on March 9, 1967, by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King as Air Southwest Co. and adopted its current name, Southwest Airlines Co., in 1971, when it began operating as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of Texas, first flying between Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. It began regional interstate service in 1979, expanding nationwide in the following decades. Wikipedia
About Southwest Airlines Co
CEORobert E Jordan
Employees73.5K
Founded1966
HeadquartersDallas, Texas, United States
SectorAirline
Websitesouthwest.com
Analyst ratings
Based on 15 analysts giving stock ratings to LUV in the past 3 months
Buy
Buy
7
Hold
6
Sell
2
12-month forecast
Based on 15 Wall Street analysts offering 12 month price targets for LUV in the last 3 months.
Highest
Current $41.72
$65.00 (+55.80%)
Average
$49.33 (+18.24%)
Lowest
$34.00 (-18.50%)
Analyst
Recommendation
Action
Price target
Projected
Date
Savanthi Syth
Raymond James
Buy
Maintained
$55.00
+31.8%
10/07/2026
Christopher Stathoulopoulos
Susquehanna
Hold
Reiterated
$45.00
+7.9%
10/07/2026
Christian Wetherbee
Wells Fargo
Hold
Maintained
$50.00
+19.8%
10/06/2026
John Godyn
Citi
Hold
Maintained
$50.00
+19.8%
10/06/2026
Andrew Didora
Bank of America Securities
Sell
Maintained
$43.00
+3.1%
10/05/2026
Catherine O'Brien
Goldman Sachs
Sell
Maintained
$34.00
-18.5%
10/01/2026
Thomas Fitzgerald CFA
TD Cowen
Buy
Maintained
$47.00
+12.7%
10/02/2026
Michael Goldie
BMO Capital
Buy
Maintained
$50.00
+19.8%
09/28/2026
Brandon Oglenski
Barclays
Buy
Maintained
$58.00
+39%
09/28/2026
Atul Maheswari
UBS
Buy
Reiterated
$53.00
+27%
09/25/2026
David Vernon
Bernstein
Hold
Maintained
$45.00
+7.9%
09/22/2026
James Goodall
Rothschild & Co Redburn
Hold
Upgraded
$40.00
-4.1%
09/18/2026
Jamie Baker
J.P. Morgan
Buy
Maintained
$59.00
+41.4%
07/28/2026
Sheila Kahyaoglu
Jefferies
Hold
Maintained
$46.00
+10.3%
07/26/2026
Ravi Shanker
Morgan Stanley
Buy
Reiterated
$65.00
+55.8%
07/24/2026
Duane Pfennigwerth
Evercore ISI
Hold
Reiterated
$44.00
+5.5%
04/24/2026
Achal Kumar
HSBC
Hold
Upgraded
$36.10
-13.5%
04/24/2026
Daniel Mckenzie
Seaport Global
Buy
Reiterated
-
-
04/12/2026
Michael Linenberg
Deutsche Bank
Buy
Maintained
$54.00
+29.4%
01/29/2026
John Staszak
Argus Research
Buy
Maintained
$55.00
+31.8%
01/29/2026
Last report
Jul 23, 2026
Fiscal period
Q2 2026
$0.94 / $0.52
+80.17%beat
Revenue / Est. (USD)
8.43B / 8.58B
-1.75%miss
Fiscal Q2 2026 earnings call
Waiting for the earnings call
At a glance
Insights from the latest news and reports
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Revenue
Net income
All values in USD
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Revenue
6.95B
7.44B
7.25B
8.43B
Cost of goods sold
5.47B
5.64B
5.56B
6.72B
Cost of revenue
5.47B
5.64B
5.56B
6.72B
Research and development expenses
-
-
-
-
Total research and development expenses
-
-
-
-
Selling, general, and admin expenses
-
332.00M
-
-
Operating expense
1.44B
1.42B
1.36B
1.43B
Total operating expenses
6.91B
7.06B
6.92B
8.15B
Operating income
35.00M
379.00M
330.00M
285.00M
Other non operating income
21.00M
15.00M
-26.00M
40.00M
EBT including unusual items
68.00M
408.00M
285.00M
306.00M
EBT excluding unusual items
68.00M
396.00M
285.00M
306.00M
Income tax expense
14.00M
85.00M
58.00M
73.00M
Effective tax rate
20.59%
20.83%
20.35%
23.86%
Other operating expenses
1.05B
721.00M
961.00M
1.03B
Net income
54.00M
323.00M
227.00M
233.00M
Net profit margin
0.78%
4.34%
3.13%
2.76%
Earnings per share
0.11
0.58
0.45
0.94
Interest and investment income
34.00M
33.00M
23.00M
33.00M
Interest expense
-22.00M
-31.00M
-42.00M
-52.00M
Net interest expenses
12.00M
2.00M
-19.00M
-19.00M
Depreciation and amortization charges
394.00M
371.00M
398.00M
402.00M
EBITDA
429.00M
432.00M
728.00M
687.00M
Gain or loss from assets sale
-
-
-
-
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