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Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV)
NYSE: LUV · Real-Time Price · USD
32.03
-0.62 (-1.90%)
At close: Nov 12, 2024, 4:00 PM
32.13
+0.10 (0.31%)
After-hours: Nov 12, 2024, 7:11 PM EST

Southwest Airlines Co. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for LUV stock have an average target of 30.48, with a low estimate of 24 and a high estimate of 38. The average target predicts a decrease of -4.84% from the current stock price of 32.03.

Analyst Consensus: Hold
Target Low Average Median High
Price $24 $30.48 $30 $38
Change -25.07% -4.84% -6.34% +18.64%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for LUV stock from 16 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating Jun '24Jul '24Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24
Strong Buy 211111
Buy 333333
Hold 11111191010
Sell 222211
Strong Sell 222111
Total 201919161616

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
Jamie Baker
JP Morgan
 JP Morgan
Hold
Maintains
$20 → $26
 Hold Maintains $20 → $26 -18.83% Oct 25, 2024
Brandon Oglenski
Barclays
 Barclays
Hold
Maintains
$27 → $32
 Hold Maintains $27 → $32 -0.09% Oct 15, 2024
Christopher Stathoulopoulos
Susquehanna
 Susquehanna
Hold
Maintains
$25 → $30
 Hold Maintains $25 → $30 -6.34% Oct 9, 2024
Sheila Kahyaoglu
Jefferies
 Jefferies
Hold
Upgrades
$24 → $32
 Hold Upgrades $24 → $32 -0.09% Oct 9, 2024
Stephen Trent
Citigroup
 Citigroup
Hold
Maintains
$28 → $32
 Hold Maintains $28 → $32 -1.65% Oct 3, 2024
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
27.69B
from 26.09B
Increased by 6.14%
Revenue Next Year
29.12B
from 27.69B
Increased by 5.17%
EPS This Year
0.75
from 0.76
Decreased by -1.04%
EPS Next Year
1.61
from 0.75
Increased by 114.86%
Fiscal Year FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Period Ending Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
22.43B9.05B15.79B23.81B26.09B27.69B29.12B30.59B
Revenue Growth
2.11%-59.66%74.51%50.82%9.56%6.14%5.17%5.02%
EPS
4.27-5.441.610.870.760.751.612.31
EPS Growth
-0.47%---45.72%-13.46%-1.04%114.86%43.79%
Forward PE
-----42.8019.9213.85
No. Analysts -----212118
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 20242025202620272028
High 28.8B 30.7B 32.6B
Avg 27.7B 29.1B 30.6B
Low 26.8B 27.6B 28.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 20242025202620272028
High
10.5%
10.7%
12.0%
Avg
6.1%
5.2%
5.0%
Low
2.7%
-0.2%
-2.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS 20242025202620272028
High 0.85 2.31 3.15
Avg 0.75 1.61 2.31
Low 0.67 0.98 1.76

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 20242025202620272028
High
12.5%
208.7%
95.9%
Avg
-1.0%
114.9%
43.8%
Low
-11.9%
30.9%
9.7%
Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.