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Southwest Airlines (LUV)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$29.62 USD

29.62
6,708,424

+0.06 (0.20%)

Updated Aug 8, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $29.60 -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 38% (92 out of 244)

Industry: Transportation - Airline

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Azul's (AZUL) September Traffic Surges 120% Year Over Year

Azul's (AZUL) consolidated load factor drops 0.8 percentage points to 79.4% from the year-ago period's levels.

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United Airlines (UAL) to Offer PayPal Inflight Payment Option

United Airlines (UAL) customers on select flights can make inflight purchases by simply showing a PayPal QR Code to the flight attendant.

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Markets Still Seeking Equilibrium

Markets fought bravely into the green following a soft open to start a new trading week, only to slide to session lows right at the close.

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Airline Stock Roundup: DAL's Environmentally-Friendly Deal, RYAAY's Traffic & More

Delta (DAL) inks a deal worth more than $ 1 billion to reduce carbon emissions. Ryanair's (RYAAY) September traffic surges in excess of 100%.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Staff

Southwest Airlines (LUV) requires all its employees to be either fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or be approved for an exemption on religious, medical, or disability grounds by Dec 8.

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ETFs to Play the Reopening Trade on Merck's Oral Antiviral Pill News

Let's take a look at ETFs that are well-poised to gain as the reopening of the U.S. economy may pick up further pace following Merck's announcement.

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U.S. Aviation Stocks Gain After Update on Merk's COVID-19 Pill

Delta Air Lines (DAL) management's commentary that its ticket sales are improving bodes well.

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

Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed at $53.05 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.17% move from the prior day.

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Here's Why You Should Discard Southwest Airlines (LUV) Now

Rising fuel prices and increasing cases of the Delta variant are hurting Southwest Airlines (LUV) stock.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways

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U.S. to Ease International Travel Curbs: Airline Names Take Off

Shares of JetBlue (JBLU), which started flying to London in August, gain 1.91% on Sep 20.

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Southwest (LUV) to Expand Austin & Hawaii Services in 2022

Southwest (LUV) plans to add nearly two dozen new flights to Austin and increase frequencies on its existing Hawaii services in 2022.

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

Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed at $49.58 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.02% move from the prior day.

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Airline Stock Roundup: DAL, UAL & Others Issue Bearish Q3 Views, CPA in Focus

United Airlines (UAL) expects third-quarter 2021 revenues to decline approximately 33% from the third-quarter 2019 reading. Delta (DAL) expects Q3 fuel price per gallon in the $1.96-$2 band.

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3 Stocks to Watch From the Delta-Variant Hit Airline Industry

Upbeat air-traffic in Latin America bodes well for carriers like AZUL, CPA and GOL. However, the spread of the Delta variant in places like the United States is a setback for the Zacks Airline industry.

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Southwest (LUV) Chooses New President as Tom Nealon Departs

Southwest (LUV) names chief operating officer Mike Van de Ven as the company's new president upon Tom Nealon's retirement.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed at $48.73 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.73% move from the prior day.

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Hawaiian Holdings' (HA) Q3 View Dims on Delta Variant-Led Woes

Hawaiian Holdings (HA) currently expects the September-quarter fuel cost per gallon to be $2.06.

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Why U.S. Airline Stocks Gained Yesterday Despite Dim Views

Stocks like Delta (DAL), American Airlines (AAL) and Southwest (LUV) gain on Thursday despite the Delta variant-induced dull warnings.

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ETFs in Focus on Airlines' Slowdown Warnings

The slew of revenue warnings comes with signs of recovery, thereby leading to spike in airline stocks.

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Airline Stock Roundup: ALK's Delta Variant-Led Warning, GOL, AZUL in Focus

Alaska Air (ALK) tapers Q3 view on Delta variant-triggered woes. Gol Linhas' (GOL) traffic surges 84.7% year over year in August.

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American Airlines (AAL) Pilots to Picket Over Work Conditions

Amid staffing shortages, American Airlines' (AAL) issues with the labor union do not bode well for the company.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes, Azul, Copa Holdings, Southwest Airlines and American Airlines

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