LUV - Southwest Airlines Company - Stock Forecast

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LUV is currently covered by 19 analysts with an average price target of $47.64. This is a potential upside of $7.76 (19.46%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $39.88.

Southwest Airlines Company's activity chart (see below) currently has 710 price targets and 564 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of LUV is 15% SELL, 46.25% HOLD and 38.75% BUY.

Stock Analyst Price Targets - Review

Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 61.71% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 312.73 days.

Highest price target for LUV is $65, Lowest price target is $32, average price target is $47.64.

Most recent stock forecast was given by ATUL MAHESWARI from UBS on 15-Oct-2026. First documented stock forecast 13-Jun-2010.

Best performing analysts who are covering LUV - Southwest Airlines Company:

Julie Yates Ravi Shanker Rajeev Lalwani Michael Linenberg Savanthi Syth Myles Walton

Currently out of the existing stock ratings of LUV, 12 are a SELL (15%), 37 are a HOLD (46.25%), 31 are a BUY (38.75%).

Split History since 2000:

2/16/01 3 for 2

Analyst name

Rating

Current price target

Potential Upside

Previous price target

Date of last PT

Price targets met ratio

Average potential upside

Average Days to Hit Target

Performance score

Buy Since 08-Mar-2026

$52

$12.5 (31.65%)

$49

6 days ago
(15-Oct-2026)

4/12 (33.33%)

$12.5 (31.65%)

133

Hold Since 10-Apr-2023

$45

$5.5 (13.92%)

$55

15 days ago
(06-Oct-2026)

24/30 (80%)

$3.28 (7.86%)

442

Buy Since 08-Mar-2026

$47

$7.5 (18.99%)

$48

20 days ago
(01-Oct-2026)

4/14 (28.57%)

$4.53 (10.67%)

46

Buy Since 30-Mar-2026

$50

$10.5 (26.58%)

$60

24 days ago
(27-Sep-2026)

0/4 (0%)

$7.72 (18.26%)

Sell Since 04-Mar-2026

$40

$0.5 (1.27%)

$35

1 months 4 days ago
(17-Sep-2026)

3/6 (50%)

$-0.98 (-2.39%)

369

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What is LUV (Southwest Airlines Company) average time for price targets to be met?

On average it took 313 days for the stock forecasts to be reached, with an average price target met ratio of 61.71%.

Which analyst most recently updated their price target on LUV (Southwest Airlines Company)?

Atul Maheswari

Which analyst has the most public recommendations on LUV (Southwest Airlines Company)?

Atul Maheswari works at UBS and has 6 price targets and 4 ratings on LUV

Which analyst is the currently most bullish on LUV (Southwest Airlines Company)?

Jack Atkins with the highest potential upside of $37.5

Which analyst is the currently most reserved on LUV (Southwest Airlines Company)?

Stephen Trent with the lowest potential downside of -$29.91
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