LUV

NYSE Southwest Airlines Co.
Oct 2, 2026 · 9:59 AM ET DELAYED Market Open

$41.94 ↑ +0.10 (+0.24%) Trading Up from the previous close of $41.84, $0.89 below the day’s high of $42.83

YTD change
+1.48%
vs 20-day SMA
+3.57%
vs 200-day SMA
-3.62%

Price ranges

Previous day
$41.36 $42.19
open $41.57 close $41.84
+$0.27 (+0.65%)
Today
$41.82 $42.83
open $42.49 now $41.94
-$0.55 (-1.29%)
Past week
$41.19 $43.17
from $41.55 now $41.94
+$0.39 (+0.94%)
Past month
$37.75 $43.20
from $38.61 now $41.94
+$3.33 (+8.62%)
This year
$35.73 $55.11
from $41.33 now $41.94
+$0.61 (+1.48%)

Price & Performance

+4.24 (+11.28%) / 6M

$36.03$41.78$47.53$53.28Apr 2Jul 2Oct 1

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Neutral
  • The stock is 37.4% away from all-time highs of $66.99
  • LUV is up 1% since the beginning of the year
  • LUV is up 30% over the past 12 months
  • LUV is up 9% over the past 1 month
  • 5% of all LUV investors are betting against LUV
  • Number of investors short LUV has gone down 22% versus last month

LUV reads neutral: price sits above one of the two key moving averages, short interest is falling month over month, the 12-month move is +29.5%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $0.94
Earnings momentum -61.4% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change -61.4%

Valuation

P/E ratio 26.03
Enterprise value $23.7B
Beta 1.18

Balance sheet & scale

Income$838.0K
Revenue$30.1B
Cash$3.8B
Debt$6.9M
Income / Debt 0.12×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Transportation and Warehousing
Sub Sector Air Transportation
Market cap $20.5B

Southwest Airlines Co. engages in the operation and management of a passenger airline. The firm also offers ancillary services such as early bird check-in, upgraded boarding, and transportation of pets and unaccompanied minors. It operates in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. The company was founded by Rollin W. King and Herbert D. Kelleher on March 9, 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. $84.13 +0.80%
UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. $111.78 +0.75%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $54.18 -1.51%
BABWF International Consolidated Airlines Group SA $5.91 N/A
AIPUY Airports of Thailand Public Co Ltd Unsponsored ADR $17.80 +0.00%

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