# Southwest Airlines Co. – Consensus ‘hold’ rating and 17.6% Upside Potential

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/southwest-airlines-co.consensus-hold-rating-and-17.6-upside-potential/4121126385
- Published: 2023-08-30T13:17:28+01:00
- Author: Charlotte Edwards

**Southwest Airlines Co.** which can be found using ticker (LUV) now have 16 market
analysts covering the stock. The analyst consensus now points to a rating of ‘hold’.
The target price High/Low ranges between 55 and 25 suggesting an average Analsyt
target price of $36.56. Given that the stocks previous close was at $31.09 this 
would imply there is now a potential upside of 17.6%. It’s also worth noting that
there is a 50 day moving average of $34.62 and the 200 day moving average is $33.92.
The company has a market cap of 18.95B. The stock price is currently at: 31.81 USD

 The potential market cap would be $22,280,688,310 based on the market consensus.

The company is not paying dividends at this time.

Other points of data to note are a P/E ratio of 33.14, revenue per share of 42.32
and a 1.01% return on assets.

Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) operates Southwest Airlines, a passenger airline
that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States and near-international
markets. The Company provides point-to-point service. The Company offers ancillary
services, such as Southwest’s EarlyBird Check-In, upgraded boarding, and transportation
of pets and unaccompanied minors, in accordance with Southwest’s respective policies.
EarlyBird Check-In provides customers with automatic check-in and an assigned boarding
position before general boarding positions become available. It offers its fare 
products directly to customers through its Internet Website, Southwest.com. It has
approximately 728 Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet and 121 destinations in 42 states,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ten near-international
countries, such as Mexico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Costa
Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos.

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