Southwest Airlines Co. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 16 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Southwest Airlines Co. stock have an average target of 30.49, with a low estimate of 23 and a high estimate of 42. The average target predicts an increase of 2.18% from the current stock price of 29.84.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$23	$30.49	$30	$42
Change	-22.92%	+2.18%	+0.54%	+40.75%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Southwest Airlines Co. stock from 17 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	0	0
Buy	3	3	3	3	3	3
Hold	10	10	9	9	10	10
Sell	0	0	1	1	2	2
Strong Sell	2	2	3	3	2	2
Total	16	16	17	17	17	17

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Savanthi Syth Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy Reiterates $42 → $40	Buy	Reiterates	$42 → $40	+34.05%	Apr 29, 2025
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $32 → $26	Hold	Maintains	$32 → $26	-12.87%	Apr 24, 2025
Stephen Trent Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Sell Maintains $30 → $23	Strong Sell	Maintains	$30 → $23	-22.92%	Apr 14, 2025
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $35 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$35 → $32	+7.24%	Apr 8, 2025
Thomas Wadewitz UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $36 → $27	Hold	Maintains	$36 → $27	-9.52%	Apr 7, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

28.93B

from 27.48B

5.28%

from 27.48B

Revenue Next Year

30.75B

from 28.93B

6.27%

from 28.93B

EPS This Year

1.47

from 0.75

94.24%

from 0.75

EPS Next Year

2.64

from 1.47

80.51%

from 1.47

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	9.05B	15.79B	23.81B	26.09B	27.48B	28.93B	30.75B	32.16B
Revenue Growth	-59.66%	74.51%	50.82%	9.56%	5.34%	5.28%	6.27%	4.61%
EPS	-5.44	1.61	0.87	0.76	0.75	1.47	2.64	3.49
EPS Growth	-	-	-45.73%	-13.46%	-0.26%	94.24%	80.51%	31.87%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	20.37	11.28	8.56
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	25	25	19

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	30.8B	33.7B	35.4B
Avg	28.9B	30.7B	32.2B
Low	27.3B	28.6B	29.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	12.2%	16.5%	15.2%
Avg	5.3%	6.3%	4.6%
Low	-0.8%	-1.2%	-4.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	2.09	4.99	5.78
Avg	1.47	2.64	3.49
Low	0.55	1.06	1.80

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	177.0%	240.4%	118.4%
Avg	94.2%	80.5%	31.9%
Low	-27.2%	-27.8%	-31.8%

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.