The trading price of Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) floating lower at last check on current market day and closing at $29.94, -0.45% lower than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 35.56. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $36.12 and a 52-week low of $23.58. Over the past month, the stock has gained 15.75% in value.
Southwest Airlines Co, whose market valuation is $17.06 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in June. The dividend yield on the company stock is 2.40%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.72. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest LUV has a 50% Sell on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Sell.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned LUV a recommendation rating is 16. Out of them, 8 rate it a Hold, while 8 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 0.69, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that LUV’s price is currently 12.19% off the SMA20 and 1.65% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 59.40, and weekly volatility stands at 3.98%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 6.30%. Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.18, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.35. With analysts defining $28-$36 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $33.5 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 6.48% off the estimated low and -20.24% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if LUV’s share price rises to $33.5, which is the median consensus price. At that level, LUV’s share price would be -11.89% below current price.
To see how Southwest Airlines Co stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: LUV stock’s performance was -0.45% at last check in today’s session, and 13.39% in the past year. Southwest Airlines Co has a P/E ratio of 35.56.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) indicates that the 3-month average is 13.56 million.
Currently, records show that 569.87 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 1.18% of outstanding shares, whereasinstitutions hold 89.98%. However, since the stock’s price has seen -10.93% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
