LUV — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

US Industrials Airlines equity mkt cap 19.8B
40.38 +1.23% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 29.67 · high 54.80

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Performance

1 day+1.23%
1 week-8.77%
1 month-9.68%
3 months-0.98%
6 months-22.48%
Year to date-2.23%
1 year+29.51%
3 years+22.66%
5 years-19.90%

Technicals

RSI 1423.4
vs 50-day avg-14.27%
vs 200-day avg-5.44%
Volatility 1y44.4%
Max drawdown 1y-33.78%
Avg volume 30d5.1M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)2.23%
Paid last 12m0.9000
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-01

Measured signals that fired on LUV

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-07Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-04Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-23Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-18Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-23Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-08Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-10Krishna Varun
Director
Grant or award3.8K0.000
2026-08-10Liberty Jason T
Director
Grant or award3.8K0.000
2026-08-05Roach Anthony
Chief Customer & Brand Officer
Grant or award9.5K0.000
2026-08-05Doxey Tom
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Grant or award6.3K0.000
2026-08-05Jones Justin
EVP & Chief Commercial Officer
Grant or award8.6K0.000
2026-08-05Watterson Andrew M
Chief Operating Officer
Grant or award3.0K0.000
2026-08-05Jordan Robert E
CEO & President
Grant or award28.3K0.000
2026-08-05Woods Lauren Tauscher
EVP & CIO
Grant or award7.6K0.000
2026-05-07Atherton Lisa M
Director
Grant or award4.1K0.000
2026-05-07BROOKS DOUGLAS H
Director
Grant or award4.1K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/1.8B47.1M
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC1.7B44.4M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC1.2B31.6M
Elliott Investment Management L.P.1.1B30.3M
STATE STREET CORP1.1B29.5M
BlackRock, Inc.1.1B28.6M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC869.0M23.1M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC486.7M13.0M
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC375.1M10.0M
FMR LLC366.8M9.8M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d52.0% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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