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Southwest Airlines Company (LUV) stock analysis

$39.88+0.58%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • LUV lost 5.2% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 406th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +16.8%, 1.0 points ahead of the S&P 500, and trades 26.9% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 2 analysts raised earnings estimates and 15 cut; forward EPS moved −9.3% (−12.2% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Air transport segment of the Travel, Leisure & Entertainment, where the 1-month median return is −8.8%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Unresolved structure (since Oct 12, 2026).
Market cap$19.5B
12-month return+16.8%
Forward P/E9.3×
Mean target vs price+23.3%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

LUV−5.2%
Sector median−3.9%
S&P 5000.0%
LUV−10.8%
Sector median−9.0%
S&P 500+4.7%
LUV+1.3%
Sector median−7.4%
S&P 500+8.7%
LUV+16.8%
Sector median+0.5%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500406 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Industrials317 / 565

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Unresolved structureAwaiting confirmation

Holding since Oct 12, 2026

  • Close below EMA20 below EMA50
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are falling
  • Volume exceeds 1.5× the prior 20-session average; supporting evidence only
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
  • Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
This pattern on this stock

84 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +0.6%, positive 54% of the time, against +0.6% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$4.29
30-day change−9.3%
90-day change−12.2%
Mean target$49.18 +23.3%
Raised (30d) 2Cut (30d) 15

23 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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ValuationRevisionsMomentumGrowthCashProfit

Ahead of peersGrowth, Valuation

Behind peersCash, Profit

PeersDAL · UAL · RYAAY · LTM

Where it sits in the supply chain

Travel, Leisure & Entertainment · Travel & experience operations

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Supplied by
Booking & lodging platforms+4.5%
BKNG−3.6%1 monthEXPE+1.8%1 monthABNB+7.3%1 monthTRIP+10.4%1 month
Jet & marine fuel+12.1%
XOM+12.2%1 monthCVX+12.0%1 month
Its segment
Air transport−8.8%
DAL−7.4%1 monthUAL−11.8%1 monthLUV−5.2%1 monthAAL−10.1%1 month

Airlines sell transport; fares, capacity, fuel and labor shape margins.

Sells into
Travelers & entertainment consumers

Also on: Aerospace & Defense

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−33.5%
Volatility, 60D33.2%
From 52-week high−26.9%
From 52-week low+35.6%
Trailing P/E24.9×
Forward P/E9.3×
DALDelta Air Lines, Inc.UALUnited Airlines Holdings, Inc.BKNGBooking HoldingsEXPEExpedia Group, Inc.ABNBAirbnbXOMExxon MobilCVXChevronCATCaterpillar

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