Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Southwest Airlines Co.
Southwest Airlines Co. operates as a passenger airline company that provides scheduled air transportation services in the United States and internationally. It also provides Rapid Rewards loyalty program; SWABIZ, an online booking tool; and inflight entertainment platform that includes movies-on-demand live and on-demand television, flight tracker, and additional curated content, as well as a variety of premium snacks and coffee. In addition, the company offers ancillary services, such as in-flight purchases, baggage fees, EarlyBird Check-In, and upgraded boarding, as well as transportation of pets and unaccompanied minors. As of December 31, 2025, the company operated a total fleet of 803 Boeing 737 aircraft; and served 117 destinations in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as ten near-international countries, including Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. Southwest Airlines Co. was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Sector: Industrials · Industry: Airlines · United States · 73,456 employees · southwest.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) had a market capitalization of $19.38B, a trailing P/E of 24.8 (forward 8.2), a dividend yield of 1.86% and a beta of 1.12; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $29.26 – $55.11 (24.9% over the year).
- Market cap
- $19.38B
- Enterprise value
- $22.48B
- Trailing P/E
- 24.8
- Forward P/E
- 8.2
- PEG ratio
- 0.17
- Price / book
- 2.74
- EPS (trailing)
- $1.60
- EPS (forward)
- $4.82
- Dividend yield
- 1.86%
- Payout ratio
- 45.0%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-09-03
- 52-week range
- $29.26 – $55.11
- 52-week change
- 24.9%
- Beta
- 1.12
- Average volume
- 5.6M
- Shares outstanding
- 489.2M
- Short % of float
- 6.78%
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) last closed at $38.69 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 35 (neutral territory), price -4.2% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -9.6%, MACD histogram 0.06.
Sentiment inputs: 38% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 100% bullish; analyst consensus score 59/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 13 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 1 sell of LUV; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 0 sells (1 filer, latest disclosure 2026-06-17). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Matt Van Epps (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
LUV has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell LUV.
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