Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Southwest Airlines Co shares valued at $45,008 were purchased by Feinberg Sarah on Aug 05 ’25. At $30.01 per share, Feinberg Sarah acquired 1,500 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 14,229 shares worth approximately $0.44 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, SARETSKY GREGG A purchased 3,345 shares, netting a total of over 100,447 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $30.03 each, the insider now holds 23,644 shares.
Before that, Green Ryan C. had added 20,910 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $688,790, the Officer bought Southwest Airlines Co shares for $32.94 each.
As published in a research note from HSBC Securities on July 24, 2025, Southwest Airlines Co [LUV] has been rated down from a Hold to a Reduce. Analysts at Evercore ISI downgraded the stock from ‘”an Outperform”‘ to ‘”an In-line”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of May 29, 2025, Deutsche Bank has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for LUV. Earlier on May 27, 2025, Jefferies upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for LUV stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.
Analyzing LUV Stock Performance
On last trading session, Southwest Airlines Co [NYSE: LUV] rose 0.81% to $30.97. The stock’s lowest price that day was $30.4, but it reached a high of $31.15 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.24%. Over the course of the year, Southwest Airlines Co shares have jumped approximately 22.27%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $37.96 on 07/17/25 and a 52-week low of $23.82 on 04/21/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 30.53, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 30.09. In the upper region, resistance lies at 31.28. The next price resistance is at 31.59. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 43.69 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Southwest Airlines Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Southwest Airlines Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-31 dropping by -4.38 million shares to 36.26 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 40.63 million shares. A decline of -12.07% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.78 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.78.
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In terms of Southwest Airlines Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 33.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.05% from the previous closing price of $30.72. Analysts anticipate Southwest Airlines Co stock to reach 34 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 33. In spite of this, 16 analysts ranked Southwest Airlines Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 01, 2025, Jefferies assigned a price target of “an Underperform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $28.
