LUV Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Southwest Airlines Company | NYSE:LUV)

Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates nearly 800 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite offering some longer routes and a few perks for business travelers, the airline predominantly specializes in short-haul, leisure flights operated with a simple cabin configuration in a point-to-point network. In early 2026, Southwest modified its cabins to offer some rows with extra legroom, its ticketing process and merchandising to offer assigned seats, and more fare categories to include a basic economy class that appears for the first time in travel aggregators' search results and more directly competes with other airlines' offerings.

What symbol and exchange does Southwest Airlines Company shares trade?

Southwest Airlines Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol LUV.

What is Southwest Airlines Company stock price doing today?

As of June 18, 2026, LUV stock price climbed to $47.97 with 10,389,683 million shares trading.

What is Southwest Airlines Company's Beta?

LUV has a beta of 1.49, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. LUV has a correlation of 0.16 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is Southwest Airlines Company worth?

LUV has a market cap of $23.45 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

How much money does Southwest Airlines Company make?

Last quarter Southwest Airlines Company reported $7 billion in Revenue and $.45 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-5 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.01.

What is the highest and lowest price Southwest Airlines Company traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, LUV traded as high as $55.11 and as low as $21.91.

What are the top ETFs holding Southwest Airlines Company?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that LUV belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, PVAL, IVV.

Is Southwest Airlines Company (LUV) a good investment?

LUV has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +56.3% while the SPY ETF gained +26.9%. LUV has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +19.8% and +16.6%, respectively, while the SPY returned +13.5% and -1.1%, respectively.

What are the support and resistance levels for Southwest Airlines Company (LUV)?

LUV support price is $45.19 and resistance is $48.13 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that LUV shares will trade within this expected range on the day.