LUV

Southwest Airlines
Passenger Airlines · Industrials · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$41.42
-2.5% on the session
1-year return
+34.8%
-23.8% over six months
Volatility
44.3%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-33.5%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Southwest Airlines is a passenger airlines name in the industrials sector. Over the past year it returned +34.8%, against +11.4% over three months and -14.9% over one. It sits 2.2% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is genuinely undecided. Annualized volatility of 44.3% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -33.5%, and it has traded a median $258M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.45 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Industrials#48 of 81
Stronger than 41% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#355 of 500

How LUV scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 2 others in Passenger Airlines.

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Full metrics
1 day-2.5%
1 week-7.9%
1 month-14.9%
3 months+11.4%
6 months-23.8%
1 year+34.8%
12-1 momentum+58.4%
Volatility (1y, annualized)44.3%
Max drawdown (1y)-33.5%
Distance vs 200-day average-2.2%
Return per unit of risk0.79
Median daily dollar volume$258M
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