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Southwest Airlines (LUV)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$29.62 USD

29.62
7,082,052

+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 41% (100 out of 244)

Industry: Transportation - Airline

Zacks News

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Boeing, Airlines Group, Southwest Airlines and United Continental

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Here's Why Southwest Declines 2.3% in Yesterday's Trading

Southwest Airlines (LUV) decides to continue flying the 737 MAX aircraft, regardless of the recent Ethiopian flight accident.

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Boeing's share price is hovering near the $375 mark and still remains the highest among the Dow components despite the two 737 Max fatal crashes.

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Bull of the Day: Boeing (BA)

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Retail Sales Improve in January

Retail Sales Improve in January

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Retail Sales Improve, Boeing (BA) Weighs on Dow

Boeing (BA) has taken a 10% sell-off as of this hour, following the second crash of its 737 MAX in the past 6 months.

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These 5 Low Leverage Stocks Are Safe Bets

The crux of safe investment is to choose stocks that bear low debt-to-equity ratios, yet have notable earnings surprise history.

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Airline Stock Roundup: GOL's Q4 Picture Impressive, HA, DAL in Focus

The sharp decline in Hawaiian Holdings' (HA) stock price induces the NYSE ARCA Airline Index to lose value in the past week.

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These ETFs could be ways to emulate investing style of Warren Buffett.

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Hawaiian Holdings (HA) Down in Yesterday's Trading: Here's Why

Southwest Airlines' decision to sell extremely cheap tickets for its impending Hawaiian operations does not bode well for Hawaiian Holdings (HA) as Hawaii is the latter's primary market.

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

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

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Southwest (LUV) Stock Up 4% in Yesterday's Trading: Here's Why

Southwest (LUV) appears to be the most likely takeover airline candidate for Warren Buffett's company.

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Airline Stock Roundup: LUV Hawaii-Bound, U.S. Carriers Eye Haneda Airport Slots

Once Southwest's (LUV) service to Hawaii becomes operational competition will intensify.

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Stock Market News For Feb 28, 2019

U.S. stocks closed mostly lower on Wednesday as investors digested crucial congressional testimonies.

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Southwest (LUV) to Begin Hawaiian Flights Soon With FAA Nod

Southwest's (LUV) soon-to-begin Hawaiian service from California is a major step toward fulfilling its growth plans for 2019.

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    The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, Oracle, Intuit, Southwest Airlines and American Water Works

    The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, Oracle, Intuit, Southwest Airlines and American Water Works

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    Top Analyst Reports for Bank of America, Oracle & Intuit

    Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Bank of America (BAC), Oracle (ORCL) and Intuit (INTU).

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    Zacks.com featured highlights include: Merit Medical, Pinnacle West, Amedysis, Southwest Airlines and Royal Caribbean

    Zacks.com featured highlights include: Merit Medical, Pinnacle West, Amedysis, Southwest Airlines and Royal Caribbean

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    Stock Market News For Feb 21, 2019

    Markets posted moderate gains on Wednesday after the release of the minutes from Fed???s last meeting held in January.

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    Worried About Rate Hikes? Buy These 5 Low Leverage Stocks

    If a company is highly leveraged, investors will not add it to their portfolios. A high degree of financial leverage means high interest payments, which may affect a company's bottom line.

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    Southwest (LUV) Shares Decline on Dull Q1 Unit Revenue View

    Government shutdown weighs on Southwest (LUV), compelling it to issue a dismal forecast for first-quarter unit revenues.

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    Airline Stock Roundup: CPA's Lackluster Q4, JBLU's Traffic Report & More

    The profit-sharing payments at Delta (DAL) and Southwest (LUV) reflect their employee-friendly attitude.

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    Has Southwest Airlines (LUV) Outpaced Other Transportation Stocks This Year?

    Is (LUV) Outperforming Other Transportation Stocks This Year?

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    The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: American Airlines, JetBlue, Spirit, United Continental and Southwest

    The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: American Airlines, JetBlue, Spirit, United Continental and Southwest

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    Following the impressive performance of transports in Q4 and the subsequent dividend hikes, we believe stocks in the space should grace one's portfolio.