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LUV

Southwest Airlines

Industrials · ·

$46.94

$1.85 (-3.8%)

Market Cap

$22.96B

Day Range

$46.89 - $48.42

52-Week Range

$28.98 - $55.11

Beta

Next Earnings

LUV is a stock from the Industrials sectorManufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.

🏢 Similar Stocks in the Same Sector

+58.8% (1Y)

Investor Score
56/ 100C
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈66B-Technical
💰36FFundamental
🚀48D+Growth
💎45D+Valuation
📰100A+News
🏦58CQuality
⚠️42DRisk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🟢 Bullish

Insiders

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Operating margin is stable or improving over time
  • 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢 Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢 +8.4% over the last 3 months relative to the index

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Current ratio: 0.52
  • 🔴 Net income growth: -5.2%
  • 🔴 Current ratio: 0.52
  • 🔴 P/E: 59.4
  • 🔴 ROC 12 days: -3.6%

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🟢 Operating margin stability🟡 Conservative leverage🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🟡 Leverage risk🔴 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about Southwest Airlines. News trend score: 100. Reason: 11 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 1 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (5 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 200Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACDMACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🔴RSIRSI 49.4 — weak/negative bias
  • 🟡Stochastic%K 49.6 — neutral range
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength)ADX 19.7 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🟢Relative strength vs. S&P 500+8.4% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🔴ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: -3.6%
  • 🟢Parabolic SARPrice is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🔴CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: -0.15

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markup

The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

Medium confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🟢Rising price trendA 7.5% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🟢 Uptrend

The price is above the 200-day average — per the market-structure method, this environment mainly favors looking for buying (Long) opportunities.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟢 Price in value zone

The price is close to the 50-day moving average — per the method, this is a reasonable area to look for an entry, rather than chasing the price far from it.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = support minusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$46.94

Stop-Loss

$39.07

Risk per Share

$7.87

Direction

Long

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$62.68

1:3 R

$70.54

1:5 R

$86.28

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

12 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

Operating Margin

1.5%

Net Margin

1.6%

EBITDA Margin

7.1%

Efficiency

ROE

5.5%

ROA

1.5%

ROIC

EPS

$0.82

Balance Sheet

Cash

$3.23B

Total Debt

$4.93B

Current Ratio

0.52

Debt/Equity

0.62

Conclusions

  • 🔴Operating marginOperating margin: 1.5% — weak
  • 🔴Net marginNet margin: 1.6% — weak
  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): 5.5% — weak
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): 1.5% — weak
  • 🔴Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 0.52
  • 🟡Debt-to-equityDebt/equity: 0.62

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.

Conclusions

  • 🟡Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 2.1%
  • 🟡Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: 3.9%
  • 🔴Net income growthNet income growth: -5.2%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
11.6.2026$0.180
12.3.2026$0.180
26.12.2025$0.180
3.9.2025$0.180
18.6.2025$0.180
12.3.2025$0.180
26.12.2024$0.180
4.9.2024$0.180
18.6.2024$0.180
5.3.2024$0.180
20.12.2023$0.180
5.9.2023$0.180

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Not enough cash-flow data to calculate a DCF model for this stock.

Book Value per Share

$14.30

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$12.03

Conclusions

  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $12.03
  • 🔴P/EP/E: 59.4

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 1 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
BROOKS DOUGLAS HGrant/Award from Employer7.5.202684,223+4,108
FORNARO ROBERT LGrant/Award from Employer7.5.202613,537+4,108
Hess David PGrant/Award from Employer7.5.202632,682+4,108
Grissen DavidGrant/Award from Employer7.5.202613,537+4,108
Watson Patricia AGrant/Award from Employer7.5.202620,769+4,108
Breber Pierre RGrant/Award from Employer7.5.202613,537+4,108
Reynolds Christopher P.Grant/Award from Employer7.5.202628,440+4,108
Atherton Lisa MGrant/Award from Employer7.5.202615,648+4,108
Feinberg SarahGrant/Award from Employer7.5.202618,337+4,108
Atherton Lisa MOpen Market Sale7.4.20260-118$37.95
Roach AnthonyTax Withholding in Shares21.3.202663,673-2,179$39.41
Doxey TomTax Withholding in Shares21.3.2026104,800-11,447$39.41
Jordan Robert EGrant/Award from Employer16.3.2026505,734+92,867
Watterson Andrew MGrant/Award from Employer16.3.2026206,845+35,092
Jones JustinGrant/Award from Employer16.3.202677,216+23,863
Roach AnthonyGrant/Award from Employer16.3.202665,852+22,058
Doxey TomGrant/Award from Employer16.3.2026116,247+28,199
Martinez Jimmy RyanGrant/Award from Employer16.3.202625,423+7,294
Woods Lauren TauscherGrant/Award from Employer16.3.202649,060+18,950
Jordan Robert ETax Withholding in Shares21.2.2026412,867-38,742$52.09
Watterson Andrew MTax Withholding in Shares21.2.2026171,753-17,942$52.09
Jones JustinTax Withholding in Shares21.2.202653,353-8,507$52.09
Roach AnthonyTax Withholding in Shares21.2.202643,794-3,658$52.09
Martinez Jimmy RyanTax Withholding in Shares21.2.202618,129-2,755$52.09
Woods Lauren TauscherTax Withholding in Shares21.2.202630,110-4,585$52.09

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+1.3%

31,577,502 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 31,162,829 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

+3.7%

59.6% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 57.5% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 11 positive, 8 neutral, 1 negative out of the last 20 articles.