LUV Southwest Airlines
Industrials · S&P 500
Next earnings: Wed 27 Jan 2027 · after market close
What 25 analyst firms say about Southwest Airlines: their latest ratings, price targets and how far the stock is from them. How it works
Analyst window: Latest analyst report within last 1 year
Analyst view · last 1Y
23 rated views · 25 analyst/firm records · 25 firms
Radar score
- S&P 500 · Top Picks · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8020
- S&P 500 · Safest consensus · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8019
Recent analyst activity · last 90 days
Our tracked history has 26 reports on LUV from 17 analyst firms in the last 90 days (25 firms in the past year).
Comparing each firm's latest target with its previous one: 7 raised their price target, 3 lowered it, 5 left it unchanged and 1 has its first observed target in the past year.
Ratings, latest available report against the previous one: 1 upgrade and 0 downgrades.
Latest observed target change: Argus raised its target from $45.00 (set 24 Apr 2026) to $50.00 on 23 Oct 2026.
Last 1 year. Latest opinion per identifiable analyst within the last 1 year. BUY / HOLD / SELL each count one current analyst vote; unnamed firm records are a fallback.
| Firm | Analyst | Latest rating | Report date | Latest target (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argus | John D Staszak | Buy | 23 Oct 2026 | 50.00 USD |
| Bank of America Securities | Andrew Didora | Sell | 1 Jul 2026 | 45.00 USD |
| Barclays | Brandon Oglenski | Buy | 11 Sep 2026 | 58.00 USD |
| Bernstein | David Vernon | Hold | 21 Sep 2026 | 45.00 USD |
| BMO Capital Markets | Michael Goldie | Buy | 22 Oct 2026 | 55.00 USD |
| BNP Paribas Exane | James Hollins | Sell | 9 Sep 2026 | 36.00 USD |
| Citigroup | John Godyn | Hold | 6 Oct 2026 | 50.00 USD |
| Deutsche Bank | Unnamed analyst | Buy | 12 Dec 2025 | 48.00 USD |
| Evercore ISI | Duane T Pfennigwerth | ConflictConflicting reports · excluded | 25 Jun 2026 | 52.00 USD |
| Freedom Capital Markets | Sergey Glinyanov | Buy | 27 Jul 2026 | 60.00 USD |
| Goldman Sachs | Catherine O'Brien | Sell | 2 Oct 2026 | 34.00 USD |
| HSBC | Achal Kumar | Hold | 24 Apr 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
| Jefferies | Sheila Kahyaoglu | Hold | 27 Jul 2026 | 41.00 USD |
| JPMorgan | Jamie Baker | Buy | 23 Oct 2026 | 58.00 USD |
| Morgan Stanley | Ravi Shanker | Buy | 6 Jul 2026 | 65.00 USD |
| Raymond James | Savanthi Syth | Buy | 6 Oct 2026 | 55.00 USD |
| Redburn | James Goodall | Hold | 18 Sep 2026 | 40.00 USD |
| Seaport Research Partners | Daniel Mckenzie | Buy | 22 Oct 2026 | 62.00 USD |
| Susquehanna | Christopher N Stathoulopoulos | Hold | 23 Oct 2026 | 43.00 USD |
| TD Cowen | Tom Fitzgerald | Buy | 29 Oct 2026 | 48.00 USD |
| UBS | Atul Maheswari | Buy | 23 Oct 2026 | 54.00 USD |
| Weiss Ratings | Unnamed analyst | — | 23 Oct 2026 | — |
| Wells Fargo | Christian Wetherbee | Hold | 13 Aug 2026 | 50.00 USD |
| Wolfe Research | Scott H Group | Hold | 7 Apr 2026 | — |
| Data feed RESEARCH | Research Team | Sell | 6 Oct 2026 | 33.00 USD |
Partial coverage · checked 6 Nov (6 Nov 2026, 04:02 ET). Some research records could not be refreshed. Cached records retained. Prices stream live during the US session; otherwise stored prices delayed about 15 minutes. A summary of analyst opinion, not investment advice.