After Hours
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.
Stocks Info
LUV belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Airlines industry. The current market capitalization of Southwest Airlines Co is $18.65B. A total of 7.32 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 7.26M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Rutherford Linda B. sold 3,849 shares of LUV for 34.40 per share on Dec 06 ’24. After the transaction, the Chief Administration Officer now owns 89,376 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 06 ’24, Rutherford Linda B. bought 3,849 shares at 34.40 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Elliott Investment Management disposed of 1,203,920 shares on Oct 28 ’24 at a per-share price of $29.83. This resulted in the 10% Owner holding 59,912,580 shares of LUV after the transaction. In another insider transaction, GANGWAL RAKESH bought 643,788 shares at $29.98 per share on Oct 01 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 3,606,311.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Southwest Airlines Co pays an annual dividend of $0.72, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.32%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 43.46. LUV’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.32% when it declared a $0.18 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/12/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/26/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 2.26%. The LUV stock dividend was $0.18 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, LUV has a high of $36.12 and a low of $23.58.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using 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
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. 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 2.81.
