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Southwest Airlines (LUV)

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$29.55 USD

29.55
1,718,168

-0.16 (-0.54%)

Updated Aug 7, 2025 11:38 AM 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 39% (95 out of 246)

Industry: Transportation - Airline

Zacks News

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Zacks Earnings Trends Highlights: Hilton Worldwide, Las Vegas Sands, Southwest and General Electric

Hilton Worldwide, Las Vegas Sands, Southwest and General Electric have been highlighted in this Earnings Trends article.

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Q1 2022 Earnings Season Gets Underway

Total S&P 500 earnings for the first quarter of 2022 are expected to be up +3.6% from the same period last year on +10.1% higher revenues.

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Q1 2022 Earnings Season Gets Underway

Total S&P 500 earnings for the first quarter of 2022 are expected to be up +3.6% from the same period last year on +10.1% higher revenues.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know

Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed at $42.78 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.06% move from the prior day.

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Airline Stock Roundup: Bullish Q1 Revenue Views by DAL, UAL & Others, CPA in Focus

Upbeat air-travel demand is likely to aid Q1 results of the likes of Delta (DAL) and United Airlines (UAL).

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Zacks Earnings Trends Highlights: Hilton Worldwide, Las Vegas Sands, Southwest, and General Electric

Hilton Worldwide, Las Vegas Sands, Southwest, and General Electric are part of Today's Earnings Trends Blog.

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Pressure on Earnings Estimates: What Sectors are Most Impacted?

Estimates have been going down for 9 of the 16 Zacks sectors since the start of the year, with the biggest declines in the Consumer Discretionary, Utilities, Transportation, and Conglomerates sectors...

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Pressure on Earnings Estimates: What Sectors are Most Impacted?

Estimates have been going down for 9 of the 16 Zacks sectors since the start of the year, with the biggest declines in the Consumer Discretionary, Utilities, Transportation, and Conglomerates sectors...

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Airline Stocks Make Merry in Tuesday's Trading: Here's Why

Strong air-travel demand bodes well for the likes of Delta (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), American Airlines (AAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and JetBlue Airways (JBLU).

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Stock Moves -0.35%: What You Should Know

In the latest trading session, Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed at $40.10, marking a -0.35% move from the previous day.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed at $41.03 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.91% move from the prior day.

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Zacks Earnings Trends Highlights: Hilton Worldwide, Las Vegas Sands, Southwest and General Electric

Hilton Worldwide, Las Vegas Sands, Southwest and General Electric are included in this blog.

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Why Airline Stocks Plummeted on Monday

Major airline stocks like United (UAL), Delta (DAL), and American (AAL) fell by as much as 10% during Monday's trading session; the US Global Jets ETF (JETS) took a big hit as well.

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Should You Invest in the U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS)?

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Airline Stock Roundup: Q4 Earnings From ALK, LUV, JBLU & Others Post Loss

Upbeat demand during the holidays aids Q4 results of the likes of LUV & ALK.

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Ryanair (RYAAY) Q3 Loss Wider Than Expected, Revenues Up Y/Y

Ryanair's (RYAAY) Q3 fiscal 2022 results are hurt by Omicron-induced travel restrictions in December. However, significant improvement in traffic boosts revenues.

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Southwest (LUV) Q4 Earnings Beat Mark, Revenues Surge Y/Y

Southwest's (LUV) Q4 results benefit from robust passenger revenues, owing to strong holiday travel demand in November and December.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Beats Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Southwest (LUV) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 180% and 0.44%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2021. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Hawaiian Holdings (HA) Reports Q4 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates

Hawaiian Holdings (HA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 18.93% and 0.27%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2021. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Airline Stocks to Watch for Earnings on Jan 27: ALK, JBLU & LUV

Escalated fuel costs are likely to have dampened the Q4 performance of Alaska Air (ALK), JetBlue (JBLU) and Southwest Airlines (LUV).

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Will Fuel Cost Woes Dampen Southwest's (LUV) Q4 Earnings?

While strong holiday travel demand is expected to have boosted Southwest's (LUV) revenues in the fourth quarter of 2021, high fuel costs might have hurt its bottom line.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth

Southwest (LUV) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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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 $45.82, marking a +0.07% move from the previous day.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: CF Industries, Exxon Mobil, Tesla, Centene Corp. and Southwest Airlines

CF Industries, Exxon Mobil, Tesla, Centene Corp. and Southwest Airlines are included in this analyst blog.

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Will Cost Woes Dampen American Airlines' (AAL) Q4 Earnings?

High costs are expected to have hurt American Airlines' (AAL) Q4 performance. The adversity is likely to have been partly offset by improved air-travel demand.