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Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) Stock: Navigating a Year of Volatility

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The 52-week high and low prices can offer valuable insights into a stock’s current standing and prospects for future performance. Southwest Airlines Co’s current trading price is -25.95% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 33.57%. The stock’s price range for this period has been between $21.91 and $39.53 The company’s shares, which are part of the Industrials sector, had a trading volume of approximately 9.33 million for the day, a number notably higher than the average daily volume of 8.2 million over the last three months.

Southwest Airlines Co ‘s stock market performance has been somewhat erratic. The company’s stock reached a 1-year high price of $39.53 on 07/12/23, while the lowest value for the same period was recorded at $21.91 on 11/01/23.

Exploring Financial Performance and Market Capitalization: A Comprehensive Analysis

Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) has experienced a quarterly rise of 0.41% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 17.46B and boasts a workforce of 74806 employees.

Analyzing Trading Volume and Moving Average Trends

Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 29.23, with a change in price of +7.04. Similarly, Southwest Airlines Co recorded 8,299,367 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +31.67%.

Understanding Ticker ‘s Debt-to-Equity Ratio: An Analysis

The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio serves as an important indicator of a company’s financial stability and market position. By dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, the D/E ratio reveals the degree to which a company relies on debt to finance assets compared to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for LUV stands at 0.87. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.85.

LUV Stock Stochastic Average

As of today, Southwest Airlines Co’s raw stochastic average for the last 50 days stands at 20.35%. This is a decline compared to the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was noted at 20.71%. Furthermore, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the past 20 days were 13.31% and 11.22%, 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 an increase of 1.35%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been weaker by 10.20%. The price of LUV decreased -15.21% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has surged by 1.49%.