Southwest Airlines Co.

NYSE:LUV Stock Report

Market Cap: US$19.7b

Southwest Airlines Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:LUV Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
06 Dec 24SellUS$132,386Linda RutherfordIndividual3,849US$34.40
28 Oct 24SellUS$35,912,934Elliott Management CorporationCompany1,203,920US$29.83
28 Oct 24SellUS$43,355,000Elliott Management CorporationCompany1,450,000US$29.90
01 Oct 24BuyUS$106,698,764Rakesh GangwalIndividual3,600,000US$30.00
30 Sep 24BuyUS$1,001,348Gary KellyIndividual33,921US$29.52
30 Aug 24SellUS$3,990Niranjan PatelIndividual157US$26.23
27 Aug 24SellUS$85,650,760Elliott Management CorporationCompany3,028,000US$28.40
23 Aug 24BuyUS$243,564,000Elliott Management CorporationCompany9,140,000US$28.05
13 Aug 24BuyUS$647,660,505Elliott Management CorporationCompany25,648,500US$25.55
09 Aug 24BuyUS$101,140Gregg SaretskyIndividual4,000US$25.29
09 Aug 24BuyUS$485,603Joshua GotbaumIndividual19,162US$25.34
09 Aug 24BuyUS$50,500Easwaran SundaramIndividual2,000US$25.25
09 Aug 24BuyUS$498,082Michael CawleyIndividual19,765US$25.20
09 Aug 24BuyUS$70,868Sarah FeinbergIndividual2,800US$25.31
09 Aug 24BuyUS$251,585C. CushIndividual10,000US$25.16
09 Aug 24BuyUS$102,234Niranjan PatelIndividual4,064.22US$25.56
05 Aug 24BuyUS$460,677,000Elliott Management CorporationCompany17,300,000US$28.71

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: LUV insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of LUV?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government469,6590.0783%
Individual Insiders5,917,7260.987%
General Public46,036,2897.68%
Hedge Funds59,666,5009.95%
Institutions487,647,04581.3%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 77.04% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
11.4%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
68,227,067US$2.2b0.92%0.03%
9.95%
Elliott Management Corporation
59,666,500US$2.0b-2.37%14.41%
9.61%
Capital Research and Management Company
57,620,166US$1.9b-0.74%0.09%
8.28%
PRIMECAP Management Company
49,669,524US$1.6b-0.48%1.14%
6.39%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
38,303,866US$1.3b-3.51%0.04%
5.8%
BlackRock, Inc.
34,794,521US$1.1b2.29%0.02%
5.01%
Putnam LLC
30,036,936US$984.6m46.3%0.91%
4.51%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
27,050,295US$886.7m-25.1%0.07%
2.31%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
13,832,575US$453.4m-1.14%0.03%
1.82%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
10,912,174US$357.7m1.2%0.27%
1.58%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
9,492,971US$311.2m-0.76%0.07%
1.1%
American Century Investment Management Inc
6,596,486US$216.2m-4.75%0.1%
0.96%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
5,758,874US$188.8m-12.2%0.07%
0.96%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
5,739,321US$188.1m-1.52%0.03%
0.93%
FMR LLC
5,600,200US$183.6m31.4%0.01%
0.9%
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments
5,382,351US$176.4m16.2%0.02%
0.81%
Provident Trust Company
4,878,640US$159.9m-37.7%2.68%
0.75%
Northern Trust Global Investments
4,496,678US$147.4m-2.48%0.02%
0.61%
BNY Asset Management
3,662,295US$120.1m-2.65%0.02%
0.6%
Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc
3,623,333US$118.8m609%0.43%
0.6%
Rakesh Gangwal
3,606,311US$118.2m57,000%no data
0.57%
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
3,400,904US$111.5m-7.15%6.83%
0.56%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
3,377,660US$110.7m1.38%0.02%
0.53%
Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm
3,158,794US$103.5m39.4%0.03%
0.52%
UBS Asset Management AG
3,140,688US$103.0m-67.4%0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 04:55
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Southwest Airlines Co. is covered by 45 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Lindsay BettiolAtlantic Equities LLP
Fred LowranceAvondale Partners