Southwest Airlines
LUV
Market cap $16.1B

30.71 USD

-0.39

1.25%

At close Jul 30, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

30.66

-0.05

0.16%

1 day

-1.25%

5 days

-14.93%

1 month

-5.33%

3 months

9.84%

6 months

-1.76%

Year to date

-7.97%

1 year

13.57%

5 years

-0.81%

10 years

-15.42%

About: Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates nearly 800 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite offering some longer routes and a few perks for business travelers, the airline predominantly specializes in short-haul, leisure flights operated in a single, open-seating cabin configuration in a point-to-point network. In late 2025, Southwest will modify its cabins to offer some rows with extra legroom and will update its ticketing process and merchandising to offer assigned seats and more fare categories, including a basic economy class that will more directly compete with other airlines' offerings and appear for the first time in travel aggregators' search results.

Employees: 72,242

Industrials Airlines

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Funds holding %

of 7,323 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 4 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

20% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q4 2024] → 12 (+2) [Q1 2025]

4% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 103 | Existing positions closed: 107

4% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $18.5B [Q4 2024] → $17.7B (-$752M) [Q1 2025]

2.62% less ownership

Funds ownership: 91.6% [Q4 2024] → 88.99% (-2.62%) [Q1 2025]

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 819 [Q4 2024] → 796 (-23) [Q1 2025]

13% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 252 | Existing positions reduced: 291

25% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $452M | Put options by funds: $605M

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Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$33

7%

upside

Avg. target

$34

10%

upside

High target

$34

11%

upside

4 analyst ratings

0 positive

0%

4 neutral

100%

0 negative

0%

Evercore ISI Group Duane Pfennigwerth	11%upside $34	In-Line Maintained	25 Jul 2025
Barclays Brandon Oglenski	11%upside $34	Equal-Weight Maintained	10 Jul 2025
UBS Thomas Wadewitz	11%upside $34	Neutral Maintained	7 Jul 2025
Jefferies Sheila Kahyaoglu	7%upside $33	Hold Upgraded	27 May 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 40 articles about LUV published over the past 30 days

HOT NEWS: PEET'S COFFEE TAKES TO THE SKIES WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AS THEIR OFFICIAL INFLIGHT COFFEE PARTNER STARTING ON AUG. 13

Onboard service debuts with 'Off the Grid' coffee blend EMERYVILLE, Calif. , July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Peet's Coffee® , the original craft coffee roaster announced a new partnership with Southwest Airlines Co.® (NYSE: LUV), as the official coffee provider on all Southwest® flights.

HOT NEWS: PEET'S COFFEE TAKES TO THE SKIES WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AS THEIR OFFICIAL INFLIGHT COFFEE PARTNER STARTING ON AUG. 13

CHOOSE WHAT YOU PREFER! NEW FARE BUNDLES, EXTRA LEGROOM SEATS, ASSIGNED SEATING, AND ST.

Airline will begin its new seating and boarding process January 27, 2026 Seat maps on Southwest.com allow Customers to choose the seat they prefer DALLAS , July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) Customers have more choice from booking to arrival beginning today with assigned and premium seating available for purchase at Southwest.com®. In addition, the airline's previously announced service to St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands is now on sale.

CHOOSE WHAT YOU PREFER! NEW FARE BUNDLES, EXTRA LEGROOM SEATS, ASSIGNED SEATING, AND ST.

US airlines oppose new limits on facial recognition at airport checkpoints

Groups representing major U.S. airlines, travel companies and airports on Monday urged the Senate to reject a bill that would limit the ability of the Transportation Security Administration to use facial recognition software at security checkpoints.

US airlines oppose new limits on facial recognition at airport checkpoints

Two Southwest flight attendants injured after jet moved to avoid plane

Two flight attendants on a Southwest Airlines flight departing from Burbank, California were injured and being treated on Friday after pilots took evasive action to avoid another aircraft, the airline said.

Two Southwest flight attendants injured after jet moved to avoid plane

Stock Market This Week: GOOGL, TSLA & Airlines Take Over Earnings

Stocks gained on the week as bullish optimism withstood blips of volatility. Alphabet (GOOGL) muscled the first earnings win for the Mag 7, showing notable growth in cloud and ad revenue.

Stock Market This Week: GOOGL, TSLA & Airlines Take Over Earnings

Southwest's Rocky Q3 Outlook Sparks Doubts Over Steep Q4 Profit Climb

Southwest Airlines Company LUV shares are trading relatively flat on Friday.

Southwest's Rocky Q3 Outlook Sparks Doubts Over Steep Q4 Profit Climb

Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 24, 2025 12:30 PM ET Company Participants a - Corporate Participant Andrew M. Watterson - Chief Operating Officer Lauren Yett - Corporate Participant Robert E.

Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Zacks Investment Research

Southwest Airlines Q2 Earnings & Revenues Lag, Decrease Year Over Year

LUV misses Q2 estimates as earnings fell 25.9% and revenues slipped 1.5%, with traffic down and costs up despite lower fuel prices.

Southwest Airlines Q2 Earnings & Revenues Lag, Decrease Year Over Year

CNBC Television

Southwest CEO on Q2 earnings and U.S. domestic travel demand

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan said Thursday that second-quarter earnings and revenue fell short of expectations after demand slipped 6% due to macroeconomic uncertainty, but noted U.S. domestic travel has since stabilized and is beginning to rebound.

Southwest CEO on Q2 earnings and U.S. domestic travel demand

The Motley Fool

Why Southwest Airlines Stock Tumbled Today

Southwest Airlines (LUV -11.45%) stock crashed 11.9% through 11:30 a.m. ET Thursday after missing analyst targets for both sales and earnings last night.

Why Southwest Airlines Stock Tumbled Today

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