Investigating a stock’s 52-week price history, covering the range of low and high prices, can provide significant information about its present state and future potential. Southwest Airlines Co’s current trading price is -37.77% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 14.68%. The stock’s price range during this period has varied between $21.91 and $40.38. The company, active in the Industrials sector, saw a trading volume of around 6.24 million for the day, considerably lower average daily volume of 7.17 million observed over the last three months.
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) current stock price is $25.13. During the last trading session, the stock soared, reaching $25.22 after opening at $24.76. The stock’s lowest point was $24.52 before it closed at $24.81.
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Southwest Airlines Co’s stock has seen a rocky market performance. The company’s stock achieved a 1-year high of $40.38 on 12/05/22, and the lowest price during that time was $21.91, recorded on 11/01/23.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) has experienced a quarterly decline of -20.22% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 14.98B and boasts a workforce of 66656 employees.
Decoding Analysts’ Ratings for Southwest Airlines Co
As of right now, 3 analysts are rating Southwest Airlines Co as a BUY, 1 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 15 analysts are recommending to HOLD this stock, 1 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 2 analysts are rating the stock as SELL.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 29.78, with a change in price of -10.82. Similarly, Southwest Airlines Co recorded 7,600,562 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of -30.10%.
How LUV’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for LUV stands at 0.84. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.82.
LUV Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Southwest Airlines Co over the last 50 days is at 41.09%. This shows a declinee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 97.28%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 88.02% and 85.02%, respectively.
LUV Stock Price Performance Analysis
Depending on how one views it, the stock price performance for the year has been a mixed bag, resulting in either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded a decrease of -25.36%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been stronger by -14.29%. The price of LUV increased 3.84% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has surged by 8.83%.
