Southwest Airlines
LUV
Market cap $18.1B

31.73 USD

-0.85

2.61%

At close Jun 13, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

31.79

+0.06

0.19%

1 day

-2.61%

5 days

-5.76%

1 month

1.41%

3 months

2.35%

6 months

-3.91%

Year to date

-4.91%

1 year

11.69%

5 years

-12.69%

10 years

-7.20%

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 seats 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.

Employees: 71,506

Industrials Airlines

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Funds holding %

of 7,296 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 8 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]

2% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 103 | Existing positions closed: 105

4% less capital invested

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

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 817 [Q4 2024] → 796 (-21) [Q1 2025]

2.62% less ownership

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

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

Low target

$23

28%

downside

Avg. target

$30

6%

downside

High target

$40

26%

upside

8 analyst ratings

1 positive

13%

5 neutral

63%

2 negative

25%

Jefferies Sheila Kahyaoglu	4%upside $33	Hold Upgraded	27 May 2025
Raymond James Savanthi Syth	26%upside $40	Outperform Reiterated	29 Apr 2025
Barclays Brandon Oglenski	18%downside $26	Equal-Weight Maintained	24 Apr 2025
Citigroup Stephen Trent	28%downside $23	Sell Maintained	14 Apr 2025
UBS Thomas Wadewitz	15%downside $27	Neutral Maintained	7 Apr 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 37 articles about LUV published over the past 30 days

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Airline stocks tumble after Israel strikes on Iran

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MILE HIGH GROWTH IN DENVER: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CARGO CELEBRATES OPENING OF NEW FACILITY OFFERING INCREASED CAPACITY

Southwest Cargo nearly doubles its Denver footprint to support the airline's long-term vision DALLAS , June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) celebrated the grand opening of its expanded Cargo facility at the Denver International Airport (DEN) today, marking a milestone in the airline's continued commitment to invest in infrastructure that supports its growing operations at the airport. The nearly 30,000 square foot warehouse brings a new level of Hospitality to Southwest Airlines® Denver-area Cargo Customers, with six loading docks enabling the Southwest Team to serve multiple Customers at the same time, large storage areas throughout the facility, and twice the amount of cooler space than previously available for refrigerated products.

MILE HIGH GROWTH IN DENVER: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CARGO CELEBRATES OPENING OF NEW FACILITY OFFERING INCREASED CAPACITY

Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) TD Cowen Future of Consumers Conference - (Transcript)

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV ) TD Cowen Future of Consumers Conference Call June 4, 2025 11:45 AM ET Company Participants Tom Doxey - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Thomas John Fitzgerald - TD Cowen, Research Division Thomas John Fitzgerald All right, everybody. Thanks so much for joining.

Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) TD Cowen Future of Consumers Conference - (Transcript)

Airlines must ink long-term deals on greener fuels to boost volumes: Bayer exec

Airlines need to reach long-term agreements to buy bigger quantities of sustainable aviation fuel if they want to boost global volumes of the lower-emission fuel required for industry climate targets, a Bayer executive said on Tuesday.

Airlines must ink long-term deals on greener fuels to boost volumes: Bayer exec

CHEERS TO 54 YEARS: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES LAUNCHES WEEK OF WOW SALE WITH UP TO 50 PERCENT OFF FARES, A CRUISE GIVEAWAY, AND TRAVEL DEALS

Rapid Rewards® Credit Cardmembers can also earn more points on purchases between June 3 and June 9, 2025 DALLAS , June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is celebrating its birthday month in a big way—by showing love to its Customers with a week of special travel deals. The airline's Week of WOW offers up to 50% off base fares with the code WOWZERS, along with promotions on cruises, hotels, and car rentals.

CHEERS TO 54 YEARS: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES LAUNCHES WEEK OF WOW SALE WITH UP TO 50 PERCENT OFF FARES, A CRUISE GIVEAWAY, AND TRAVEL DEALS

Southwest Airlines to Present at the TD Cowen Future of the Consumer Conference

DALLAS , June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has been invited to speak at the TD Cowen Future of the Consumer Conference. TD Cowen will be webcasting the audio presentation live, and a link to the webcast will be made available via the Investor Relations homepage on the Southwest Airlines website.

Southwest Airlines to Present at the TD Cowen Future of the Consumer Conference

Airlines, planemakers oppose credit card fee crackdown that could imperil free flight offers

Major airlines said Monday they oppose a new effort to advance legislation that would reduce fees charged by Visa and Mastercard on transactions, saying the bill could force them to stop offering rewards credit cards that give consumers frequent flyer miles for making transactions.

Airlines, planemakers oppose credit card fee crackdown that could imperil free flight offers

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