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Southwest Airlines Co is listed on the NYSE in the Industrials sector while operating in the Airlines industry. The current market capitalization of Southwest Airlines Co is $18.87B. A total of 7.49 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 9.53M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Elliott Investment Management sold 1,203,920 shares of LUV for 29.83 per share on Oct 28 ’24. After the transaction, the 10% Owner now owns 59,912,580 company shares. In a previous transaction on Oct 01 ’24, GANGWAL RAKESH bought 643,788 shares at 29.98 per share. LUV shares that Director owns now total 3,606,311.
Among the insiders who bought shares, GANGWAL RAKESH acquired of 530,918 shares on Oct 01 ’24 at a per-share price of $29.89. This resulted in the Director holding 2,962,523 shares of LUV after the transaction. In another insider transaction, GANGWAL RAKESH bought 127,195 shares at $29.49 per share on Oct 01 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 2,431,605.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. LUV’s most recent ex-dividend date was 9/4/2024 when it declared a $0.18 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 9/25/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 7/10/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 6/18/2024. The LUV stock dividend was $0.18 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, LUV has a high of $35.18 and a low of $21.91.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. LUV’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $15.50B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $12.28B in debt and $9.16B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $17.36, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $10.41B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for LUV is Buy with a score of 3.18.
