LUV's Quality Score fell 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 11. It did not trade higher than the day before.
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Up 9% from Oct 30 to Nov 10.
| The company | Profit up 178% to $1.1B |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 2 |
“International Oil Prices Fall Together; WTI Drops 3.4%, Brent Down 3.8%”
LUV closed +4.2% that day.
After its last 4 reports it closed +3.5% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Above Averagefor quality, not price, 5 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. LUV scores 11 today, against a median of 6 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
LUV is #2 of 15 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: LUV -6.5%, UAL +0.4%, AAL +0.4%.
Reports Wed Jan 27, after the close (in 78 days). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $8.4B, 21% more than a year ago; a profit of $0.55 a share, from $0.10.
“Third quarter 2026 gross capital expenditures were $1.0 billion, driven primarily by aircraft-related capital spending, as well as technology, facilities, and operational investments”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger | $7.8B | $7.7B | $6.3B |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 22)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Capacity growth | about 1.2% |
Sales grew 25% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.72 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | -1.7% | +5.4% | +9.0% |
| Jul 22, 2026 | -4.5% | -6.2% | -6.9% |
| Apr 22, 2026 | -2.8% | -4.1% | -5.4% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $28B in 2025. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.
RSI 63.7, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
Its free cash flow over the last four quarters was -$449M, while it paid dividends.
| Dividend | $0.72 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $353M a year |
| Free cash flow | -$449M |
5 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: LUV is under 0.1% of VYM, under 0.1% of SPYI, and under 0.1% of VOO, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
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 with a simple cabin configuration in a point-to-point network. In early 2026, Southwest modified its cabins to offer some rows with extra legroom, its ticketing process and merchandising to offer assigned seats, and more fare categories to include a basic economy class that appears for the first time in travel aggregators' search results and more directly competes with other airlines' offerings.
LUV scores 11 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average. It is #2 of 15 in Air Transportation, Scheduled by Quality Score, with 5 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 9% from Oct 30 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
LUV scores 11 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average (11 to 14). That is #2 of 15 in Air Transportation, Scheduled by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind LUV's 11.
Reports Wed Jan 27, after the close, a date the company confirmed. LUV closed higher after 2 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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