Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV):
Moving averages help technical traders track financial assets by mitigating daily price fluctuations or noise. By identifying trends, moving averages allow operators to make sure that trends work in their favor and increase the number of winning operations. The shorter the period of a moving average, the more rapidly it will change with the price action. However, it is more likely to provide less reliable signals than those provided by a longer-term moving average. The longer the period of a moving average, the more slowly it will change with the price action. However, the signals it provides are more reliable.
Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Inventories fell 6.97% in contrast to the 20-day moving average, showing a short-term downward movement. It fell 9.96% below the 50-day simple moving average. This is showing a pessimistic medium-term trend based on SMA 50. The share price went underground -15.05% compared to the 200-day moving average which identifies the long-term downtrend.
Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) adjusted with a change of -0.09% pushing the price to $ 46.76 per share in the recently concluded trading session Friday. The last trading activity showed that the share price fell 5.60% compared to the minimum of 52 weeks and traded with a variation of -29.71% compared to the last 52 weeks. The Company has maintained 560.66 million floating shares and holds 581.94 million shares outstanding.
The earnings per share of the company shows a -2.90% growth for the current year and is expected to reach a profit growth for the next year at 15.45%. The analyst predicted a growth of ESP for the next 5 years at 15.90%. The EPS growth rate of the company in the last five years was 43.80%. The rate of earnings growth for the next few years is an important measure for investors wishing to hold a stock for several years. The company's earnings usually have a direct relationship with the price of the company's shares. The stock recorded sales growth of 4.40% over the last 5 years. The quarter of EPS growth in the quarter was 22.40% and sales growth in the quarter was 5.10%.
The share price has moved -23.17% from the maximum of 50 days and 5.60% from the minimum 50 days. Consensus evaluation score analysis is 2. For the next one-year period, the average of the individual price targets reported by sell-side analysts is $ 62.05.
As profitability was taken into consideration, the company profit margin was 17.20% and the operating margin was 14.70%. The company maintained a gross margin of 72.40%. The corporate ownership of the company is 80.70% while the insider property is 0.25%. The company maintained its return on investment (ROI) at 17.50% in the previous 12 months and was able to maintain the return on invested capital (ROA) at 14.20% in the last twelve months. Return on equity (ROE) registered at 37.50%.
Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) The volume of recent exchanges of the shares is equal to 3135702 shares with respect to the average volume of 5359,87 thousand shares. The relative volume observed at 0.59.
The volume can help determine the state of health of an existing trend. A healthy trend should have a greater volume on the ascending legs of the trend and a lower volume on the descending (corrective) legs. A healthy downtrend usually has a greater volume on the descending legs of the tendency and a lower volume on the ascending (corrective) legs.
The current ratio of 0.7 is mainly used to give an idea of the ability of a company to repay its liabilities (debt and debts) with its assets (cash, negotiable securities, inventories, credits). As such, the current relationship can be used to make a rough estimate of a company's financial health. The quick ratio of 0.7 is a measure of a company's ability to meet its short-term financial liabilities with fast assets (cash and cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities and credits). The greater the relationship, the greater the financial security of a company in the short term. A common rule of thumb is that companies with a rapid ratio above 1.0 are sufficiently able to meet their short-term liabilities.
The long-term debt / equity shows a value of 0.31 with a total debt / equity of 0.34. It provides investors with the idea of the company's leverage, measured by dividing total liabilities from shareholders' equity. It also illustrates the debt that the company is using to finance its assets in relation to the value represented in equity.
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