Is Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] a good investment? Don’t be fooled by its recent momentum

The price of Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) shares last traded on Wall Street rose 2.03% to $32.16.

LUV stock price is now 4.80% away from the 50-day moving average and 3.52% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $18.33B.

With the price target maintained at $40, Deutsche Bank recently Upgraded its rating from Hold to Buy for Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV). On May 27, 2025, Jefferies Upgraded its previous ‘Underperform’ rating to ‘Hold’ on the stock keeping its target price maintained at $33, while ‘UBS’ rates the stock as ‘Neutral’

In other news, Green Ryan C., Officer bought 20,910 shares of the company’s stock on Jun 06 ’25. The stock was bought for $688,790 at an average price of $32.94. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Apr 30 ’25, Director SARETSKY GREGG A bought 3,670 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $100,169 was incurred on buying the stock at an average price of $27.29. This leaves the insider owning 14,881 shares of the company worth $0.48 million. A total of 1.19% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.

During the past 12 months, Southwest Airlines Co has had a low of $23.58 and a high of $36.12. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 0.77, and a quick ratio of 0.72. According to the stock market information, the enterprise value for the company is $18069884928, which is based on a 38.19 price-to-earnings ratio, a 0.72 price-to-earnings-growth ratio, and a beta of 1.21. The fifty day moving average price for LUV is $30.6864 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $31.0662 for the stock.

The latest earnings results from Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) was released for 2025-03-31. The net profit margin was 2.00% and return on equity was 5.63% for LUV. The company reported revenue of $6.43 billion for the quarter, compared to $6.33 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 1.56 percent.

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