Yahoo · Oct 9, 2026
Update: Market Chatter: Southwest Airlines Leans Toward Boeing 787 for Potential Long-Haul Service
(Updates with Southwest Airlines' response in the fourth paragraph) Southwest Airlines (LUV) is l
NASDAQ · LUV
Southwest Airlines Co.
Industrials · Airlines, Airports & Air Services
$40.65
Down-$1.31 (-3.22%)
Updated Oct 14, 2026, 10:13 PM
SID Score
5.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
62/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 21.08B
- P/E ratio
- 58.94
- Dividend yield
- 2.21%
- 52-week range
- $35.73 – $55.11
- Volume
- 3.99M
- Avg. volume
- 9.29M
Price performance · LUV
LUV price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 13, 2026
LUV closed at $40.65 after 21 trading sessions, up 3.49% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $40.65
- Period change
- +3.49%
- Period low
- $39.15
- Period high
- $42.68
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | $40.86 | $41.20 | $40.14 | $40.65 | 3.99M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $41.20 | $41.735 | $40.675 | $40.76 | 4.1M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $41.02 | $41.74 | $40.62 | $41.66 | 6.87M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $41.00 | $41.50 | $40.82 | $41.36 | 14.56M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $41.68 | $42.14 | $41.5431 | $41.72 | 4.71M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $42.34 | $43.155 | $41.86 | $42.45 | 4.84M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $42.50 | $42.59 | $41.695 | $41.85 | 5.8M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $42.80 | $42.83 | $41.81 | $42.47 | 6.2M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $41.57 | $42.19 | $41.36 | $41.84 | 5.11M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $42.125 | $42.24 | $41.44 | $41.64 | 4.84M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $43.17 | $43.17 | $41.47 | $42.08 | 4.11M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $41.54 | $42.96 | $41.30 | $42.28 | 5.97M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $42.19 | $42.77 | $41.19 | $42.68 | 6.98M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $40.74 | $41.855 | $40.45 | $41.55 | 6.02M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $41.55 | $41.79 | $40.99 | $41.04 | 5.66M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $42.75 | $43.195 | $41.63 | $42.08 | 7.72M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $41.68 | $41.78 | $40.93 | $41.77 | 6.34M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $40.51 | $41.34 | $40.49 | $40.98 | 14.08M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $40.00 | $41.025 | $39.87 | $40.34 | 7.97M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $39.95 | $40.00 | $38.16 | $39.15 | 7.68M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $39.74 | $39.76 | $38.65 | $39.28 | 5.21M |
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Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates nearly 800 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite offering some longer routes and a few perks for business travelers, the airline predominantly specializes in short-haul, leisure flights operated in a single, open-seating cabin configuration in a point-to-point network. In early 2026, Southwest will modify its cabins to offer some rows with extra legroom and will update its ticketing process and merchandising to offer assigned seats and more fare categories, including a basic economy class that will more directly compete with other airlines' offerings and appear for the first time in travel aggregators' search results.
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- $38.67
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2026 | Susquehanna | Neutral | — |
| Oct 2, 2026 | TD Cowen | Buy | — |
| Sep 28, 2026 | BMO Capital | Outperform | — |
| Sep 24, 2026 | UBS | Buy | — |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Rothschild & Co | Neutral | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 9, 2026
Latest Ambition Shows Southwest Is No Longer Your Parents’ Discount Airline
Southwest is reportedly considering buying 787 jets. That would open up more international routes.
Yahoo · Oct 9, 2026
AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Triple Crown Assurance Co.
OLDWICK, N.J., October 09, 2026--AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of "a-" (Excellent) of Triple Crown Assurance Co. (TCA) (Dallas, TX). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
Yahoo · Oct 9, 2026
Southwest Airlines (LUV) Cuts Guidance As Investors Ask If The Valuation Still Works
Southwest Airlines (LUV) has been in focus after management cut earnings guidance for Q3 and the full year in response to higher fuel costs, along with plans to slow capacity growth. The guidance cut comes after a mixed stretch for Southwest Airlines investors, with the share price slipping around 15% over the past three months while still delivering a 33% total shareholder return over one year and a 73% total shareholder return over three years. Recent fuel cost pressure and softer short...
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