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The stock now has Price to Sales (P/S) value of 1.19 where Price to Book (P/B) value stands at 3.24.LUV is now showing ROA (Return on Assets) value of 10.5% where ROE (Return on Equity) is 31%. Bank of Montreal Can acquired a new position in Southwest Airlines during the second quarter worth about $246,179,000.

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Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) has traded in a range between $57.26 – 96.87 over the past 52 weeks and has a market capitalization of $5.01B. (NYSE:LUV) last closed at $37.83 and are trading down today at $37.17, trading 4.9 million shares on the day, compared to the average daily volume of 7 million at midday. (NYSE:MN) stock. This price level, which is estimated to be attained in one-year indicates the mean of stock opinions given by the companies included in the First Call survey. Ryanair Holdings has a market cap of $17.9 billion and is part of the services sector.

In a different news, on Jun 9, 2016, John T Montford (director) sold 1,210 shares at $43.31 per share price. The stock is now holding above its 50 day moving average of $-9.15 and below its 200 day moving average of $40.57. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in Southwest Airlines by 16.8% in the fourth quarter. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 974 issues advancing vs. 1,919 declining with 171 unchanged. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.79, for a total value of $784,189.35. The stock was downgraded to Hold from Buy, wrote analysts at Argus, in a note issued to clients on Monday July 25, 2016. That compares with the consensus estimate $5.41B and $1.21/share, respectively.

Southwest Airlines Co.’s (LUV) EPS growth ratio for the past five years was 39.70% while Sales growth for the past five years was 10.40%. However its lowest revenue estimates are 5.25B and highest revenue estimates are 5.42B. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.03 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 5.3% compared to the same quarter previous year.

While Looking at the Earnings Estimates of the company, The Average Earnings Estimate for the Current Fiscal quarter is measured as $0.95 by 13 analysts. Equities analysts expect that Southwest Airlines will post $3.91 earnings per share for the current year. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 8th were issued a $0.10 dividend. The Transportation industry now sits down 1.1% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.6%.

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Southwest Airlines Co. operates Southwest Airlines (Southwest). Southwest is a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States and near-international markets. The Firm serves approximately 100 destinations in over 40 states, such as the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and approximately seven near-international countries, including Mexico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Belize.

Analysts Rating to Track: Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV)