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Southwest Airlines (LUV)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$29.80 USD

29.80
12,570,224

-1.13 (-3.65%)

Updated Aug 1, 2025 03:59 PM ET

After-Market: $29.90 +0.10 (0.34%) 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 36% (89 out of 246)

Industry: Transportation - Airline

Zacks News

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

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Airline Stocks Likely to Fly High Under Trump 2.0: 4 Picks

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Can United Airlines (UAL) Stock Fly Higher as Q4 Earnings Approach?

Soaring over +170% in the last year, investors are surely wondering if United Airlines (UAL) stock can fly higher as its Q4 earnings approach after-market hours on Tuesday, January 21.

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Company News for Jan 17, 2025

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Airline Stock Roundup: DAL's Q4 Earnings Report, CPA's Traffic & More

CPA's December traffic impresses. DAL gives a rosy outlook for 2025.

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Can Delta Air Lines (DAL) Stock Fly Higher After Strong Q4 Results?

Let's see if higher highs are in store for Delta Air Lines (DAL) stock after reporting strong Q4 results last Friday.

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Is Delta Stock a Buy Post Q4 Earnings and Revenue Beat?

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Looking for Stocks with Positive Earnings Momentum? Check Out These 2 Transportation Names

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Tough Road Ahead for the Aviation Industry? ETFs to Consider

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ICAGY vs. LUV: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?

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J.B. Hunt Gears Up to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

JBHT's fourth-quarter 2024 revenues are expected to have been weighed down by weakness across most of its segments. Higher net interest expense might have hurt the bottom line.

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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates

Delta (DAL) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 5.11% and 3.82%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2024. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Airline Stock Roundup: RYAAY's Rosy Traffic Report, DAL in Focus & More

RYAAY's December traffic impresses. JBLU incurs fine due to persistent flight delays.

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What's in the Offing for Delta Air Lines in Q4 Earnings?

High costs are likely to have hurt DAL's fourth-quarter bottom-line performance.

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Here's Why Investors Should Bet on Southwest Airlines Stock Now

Upbeat air-travel demand, fleet modernization and shareholder-friendly moves bode well for LUV.

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