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Southwest Airlines (LUV)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$29.92 USD

29.92
9,324,106

+0.17 (0.57%)

Updated Aug 5, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $29.94 +0.02 (0.07%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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A Value C Growth F Momentum C VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 37% (91 out of 246)

Industry: Transportation - Airline

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Here's Why You Should Retain Southwest Airlines (LUV) Stock

Southwest Airlines' (LUV) management expects fourth-quarter 2022 operating revenues to register 13-17% growth compared with 2019 levels.

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Airline Stock Roundup: AAL Ends Mesa Collaboration, ALGT, LUV in Focus

Allegiant's (ALGT) traffic increases in November from pre-coronavirus levels. Southwest Airlines' (LUV) customer service employees to get a pay hike.

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Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines

Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are part of the Zacks Industry Outlook article.

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3 Stocks Worth a Look From the Promising Airline Industry

Key players in the Zacks Transportation -- Airline industry like Southwest Airlines (LUV), Delta (DAL) and United Airlines (UAL) are likely to benefit immensely from increased passenger volumes.

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Southwest's (LUV) Customer Service Employees Get Pay Hike

The ratified deal at Southwest Airlines (LUV) ensures benefits for part-time customer service employees as well.

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Alaska Air (ALK) Tweaks Q4 View, to Resume Buybacks in 2023

Alaska Air (ALK) expects fourth-quarter 2022 total revenues to increase 13-14% from the fourth-quarter 2019 actuals.

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Airline Stock Roundup: LUV Reinstates Dividend, GOL Reports Rosy November Traffic

Southwest Airlines (LUV) will pay quarterly dividends of 18 cents per share. Gol Linhas' (GOL) November traffic increases 28.5% year over year.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Inks a Tentative Deal With TWU

The announcement of the tentative deal with the Transport Workers Union should provide a sense of relief to Southwest Airlines (LUV).

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Airline Stock Roundup: UAL's Deal With Regional Carrier, ALK, ALGT in Focus

United Airlines (UAL) and Alaska Airlines, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Alaska Air Group (ALK), make customer-friendly announcements over the past week.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Sees Air Travel Demand, Cost Woes Stay

Southwest Airlines (LUV) is benefiting from a recovery in air-travel demand. Rising expenses related to fuel prices, labor and airport costs and softness in managed business revenues weigh on the bottom line.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) is a Top-Ranked Value Stock: Should You Buy?

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Why Southwest Airlines (LUV) Stock Might be a Great Pick

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has seen solid earnings estimate revision activity over the past two months, and belongs to a strong industry as well.

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Airline Stock Roundup: Q3 Earnings Beat at LUV & SKYW, Miss at JBLU & More

Southwest Airlines (LUV) reports better-than-expected earnings per share for Q322. JetBlue (JBLU) delivers its first quarterly profit in Q3 since the start of the pandemic.

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Company News for Oct 28, 2022

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Q3 Earnings Beat, 2022 View Tweaked

Southwest Airlines (LUV) third-quarter 2022 revenues benefit from improvement in leisure demand and loyalty program, amid the unfavorable impact of Hurricane Ian.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Q3 Earnings Top Estimates

Southwest (LUV) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 21.95% and 0.14%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2022. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) Tops Q3 Earnings Estimates

Frontier Group (ULCC) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 40% and 0.17%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2022. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Is a Surprise Coming for Southwest Airlines (LUV) This Earnings Season?

Southwest Airlines (LUV) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.

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Hawaiian Holdings (HA) Reports Q3 Loss, Lags Revenue Estimates

Hawaiian Holdings (HA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 21.05% and 1.29%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2022. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Controladora Vuela (VLRS) Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates

Controladora Vuela (VLRS) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 3,100% and 0.97%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2022. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Is a Beat in Store for Southwest Airlines (LUV) in Q3 Earnings?

Southwest Airlines' (LUV) third-quarter 2022 revenues are expected to have benefited from growth in domestic and leisure air-travel demand and improvement in passenger revenues. Rising fuel prices are likely to have weighed on the bottom line.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

In the latest trading session, Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed at $33.10, marking a +0.88% move from the previous day.