LUV - Southwest Airlines Company - Stock Forecast

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LUV is currently covered by 18 analysts with an average price target of $48.56. This is a potential upside of $2.24 (4.84%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $46.32.

Southwest Airlines Company's activity chart (see below) currently has 719 price targets and 567 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of LUV is 44.3% HOLD, 41.77% BUY and 13.92% SELL.

Stock Analyst Price Targets - Review

Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 61.66% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 312.46 days.

Highest price target for LUV is $65, Lowest price target is $32, average price target is $48.56.

Most recent stock forecast was given by THOMAS FITZGERALD from TD COWEN on 29-Oct-2026. First documented stock forecast 14-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, 35 are a HOLD (44.3%), 33 are a BUY (41.77%), 11 are a SELL (13.92%).

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 09-Mar-2026

$48

$3.55 (7.99%)

$47

12 days ago
(29-Oct-2026)

4/15 (26.67%)

$4.32 (9.89%)

46

Buy Since 24-Jul-2026

$58

$13.55 (30.48%)

$59

18 days ago
(23-Oct-2026)

19/30 (63.33%)

$16.25 (38.92%)

195

Buy Since 09-Mar-2026

$54

$9.55 (21.48%)

$52

18 days ago
(23-Oct-2026)

4/13 (30.77%)

$12.25 (29.34%)

133

Hold Since 11-Apr-2023

$45

$0.55 (1.24%)

$55

1 months 3 days ago
(07-Oct-2026)

25/30 (83.33%)

$3.28 (7.86%)

425

Buy Since 31-Mar-2026

$50

$5.55 (12.49%)

$60

1 months 13 days ago
(28-Sep-2026)

0/4 (0%)

$7.72 (18.26%)

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

On average it took 312 days for the stock forecasts to be reached, with an average price target met ratio of 61.66%.

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

Thomas Fitzgerald

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

Thomas Fitzgerald works at TD COWEN and has 11 price targets and 6 ratings on LUV

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

Jack Atkins with the highest potential upside of $32.55

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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