Southwest Airlines (LUV)

[DreamersAndBelievers]

Market is looking ugly right now. I'm taking a few steps back right now and just watching

[KingDMC]

Not too late after all.

[popeyemag]

$45 will be easy here. Oil will break $40.

[DreamersAndBelievers]

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out

[KingDMC]

Crazy uptrend here. LUV and JBLU are in big bullish uptrends. Catch AAL though. A break and hold of $44 sends it to $48 in a flash..

[DreamersAndBelievers]

Damn...I'm too late to the party

[popeyemag]

Agree media puts fear in investors in order to pick up cheap shares. When they upgrade LUV at the 52 high I would sell. Low oil for 2015 will mean huge profits for many quarters to come. It's pretty easy

[KingDMC]

Definitely go with JPM. MS never liked LUV. They're just out to try and scoop up some shares. Then they'll turn around and upgrade.

[Greenguy9]

How is it even possible to decide which one is right? Ms says underweight and JPM says overweight. Bunch is BS.

[KingDMC]

MS underweight rating just reiterated last night. Crooks. Still $41 PT though. This one may be the laggard today.

[popeyemag]

Loaded today. A little late, but should be a great run into EOY.

[stocktrademan]

$LUV recent news/filings

bullish optionable
sar flip
hidden bullish divergence
inverted head and shoulders reversal
on balance volume climbing
stochastics exiting oversold

## source: finance.yahoo.com

Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:06:26 GMT ~ Important Factors that Can Affect Southwest in the Future


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/important-factors-affect-southwest-future-150626887.html
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Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:06:40 GMT ~ What Investors Should Know about Southwest


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/investors-know-southwest-130640756.html
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Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:01:58 GMT ~ Southwest Airlines names Ron Ricks vice chairman, shuffles senior executives


read full: http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2015/07/30/southwest-airlines-names-ron-ricks-vice-chairman.html?ana=yahoo
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Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:59:08 GMT ~ Southwest Airlines Declares 156th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

[at noodls] - Jul 30, 2015 DALLAS , July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire / -- Southwest Airlines' (NYSE: LUV) Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $.075 per share to Shareholders of record at the close of business ...

read full: http://www.noodls.com/view/015674C4262C5A903F363F5EC179AB2FB1D44C41
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Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:32:00 GMT ~ Southwest Airlines Declares 156th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

[PR Newswire] - DALLAS, July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines' (NYSE: LUV) Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $.075 per share to Shareholders of record at the close of business on August 20, ...

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/southwest-airlines-declares-156th-consecutive-183200793.html
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$LUV charts

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$LUV company information

## source: otcmarkets.com

Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LUV/company-info
Ticker: $LUV
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0000092380
Company name: Southwest Airlines Co.
Incorporated In: TX, USA

$LUV share structure

## source: otcmarkets.com

Market Value: $24,265,850,454 a/o Jul 30, 2015
Shares Outstanding: 668,296,625 a/o Apr 28, 2015
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 1

$LUV extra dd links

Company name: Southwest Airlines Co.
## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=LUV+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=LUV+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=LUV+Industry

## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LUV/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=LUV+Headlines

## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/LUV/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LUV/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=LUV+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/LUV
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=Southwest+Airlines+Co.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Southwest+Airlines+Co.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=Southwest+Airlines+Co.&x=0&y=0

## FUNDAMENTALS ##
Call Transcripts (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/call-transcripts
Annual Report (companyspotlight.com): http://www.companyspotlight.com/library/companies/keyword/LUV
Income Statement (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/financials?query=income-statement
Revenue/EPS (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/revenue-eps
SEC Filings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/sec-filings
Edgar filings (sec.gov): http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000092380&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LUV/filings
Latest financials (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LUV/financials
Short Interest (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/short-interest
Dividend History (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/dividend-history
RegSho (regsho.com): http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=LUV&search=search
OTC Short Report (otcshortreport.com): http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=LUV
Short Sales (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LUV/short-sales
Key Statistics (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=LUV+Key+Statistics
Insider Roster (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=LUV+Insider+Roster
Income Statement (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=LUV
Balance Sheet (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=LUV
Cash Flow (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=LUV+Cash+Flow&annual

## HOLDINGS ##
Major holdings (cnbc.com): http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/LUV/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=LUV+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (secform4.com): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/LUV.htm
Insider transactions (insidercrow.com): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=LUV
Ownership Summary (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/ownership-summary
Institutional Holdings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/institutional-holdings
Insiders (SEC Form 4) (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/LUV/insider-trades
Insider Disclosure (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LUV/insider-transactions

## SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VARIOUS SOURCES ##
PST (pennystocktweets.com): http://www.pennystocktweets.com/stocks/profile/LUV
Market Watch (marketwatch.com): http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/LUV
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com): http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/LUV:US
Morningstar (morningstar.com): http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=LUV
Bussinessweek (businessweek.com): http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=LUV



$LUV DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/LUV

[Popeye]

Dang - Text book profit taker pull back. $36's new bottom - Goodbye 33's/34's. I think she's gonna run to $40 by end of next week.

[lwc23]

AGREED!!!!!

[KingDMC]

Would love to see a break to the 200MA after the CC. Bullish!

[KingDMC]

Southwest Airlines Earnings Up, Helped by Lower Fuel Prices

Source: Dow Jones News
Southwest Airlines Co.'s earnings increased 31% in the June quarter, topping analysts' views, as the airline continued to benefit from lower fuel and operating costs.

Traffic during the quarter increased 7.9% and capacity rose 7%. The portion of seats filled, or load factor, increased 0.7 percentage points.

"Our second quarter 2015 operating unit revenue performance was impacted by challenging year-over-year comparisons, longer average stage length, higher average seats per trip, and a softer yield environment," said Chief Executive Gary C. Kelly.

The sharp drop in oil prices has been generally favorable to airlines. Though some airlines are less affected due to agreements called fuel hedges, Southwest is exposed to 80% of the fall in oil prices.

Fuel savings were nearly $500 million, which led to a 12% reduction in unit costs in the June quarter, the company said. Fuel costs were $2.02 per gallon, compared with $3.02 per gallon the year before. For the current quarter, the company expects fuel costs of $2.20, down from $2.94 in the year-ago period.

However, Southwest's revenue per available seat mile, a key measure of performance for the airline industry, fell 4.6% from a year earlier, driven mostly by a decline in passenger revenue yields.

Overall, Southwest reported a profit of $608 million, or 90 cents a share, up from $465 million, or 67 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding certain items, earnings were $1.03 a share, up from 70 cents.

Revenue increased to to $5.11 billion from $5.01 billion a year earlier.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had called for earnings of $1.02 a share on revenue of $5.14 billion.

Separately, Southwest said it plans to repurchase an additional $500 million of common stock under an accelerated share repurchase program soon. This would bring the total repurchases this year to nearly $1.2 billion.

[KingDMC]

$37!!

[KingDMC]

Come on baby one more %

[KingDMC]

That's more like it!

[KingDMC]

Added to my position here with AAL fluff.

[KingDMC]

Webcast Alert: Southwest Airlines to Discuss Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results on July 23, 2015

Source: PR Newswire (US)
DALLAS, July 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) invites you to listen to a live webcast of its second quarter 2015 financial results. Details are as follows:

When:

Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 12:30 PM Eastern Time



Who:

Gary Kelly, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer


Tammy Romo, Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer



Web Address:

http://southwest.investorroom.com/

To access the live audio webcast, click on the link above, or go to www.southwest.com and click on "Investor Relations" under the "About Southwest" menu at the bottom of the page. Upon completion of the live webcast, a replay will be available in the Investor Relations Events Calendar at http://southwest.investorroom.com/events, under Past Events.

[KingDMC]

Dude..it's unbelievable the crap that comes out. Always something different and it gets loonier every time. Like WTF how does that make sense? Lmao they want us to make less money in order for us to see higher levels.

[lwc23]

Really???

Will Airline Stocks Only Work In High Oil?

7/15/15, 9:40 AM
Morgan Stanley's Rajeev Lalwani analyzed airline stocks under the context of lower oil prices.

In the firm's Question of the Week, Lalwani asked: "What do you prefer (A) low oil, limited capacity discipline, and higher profits or (B) high oil, increased capacity discipline, and lower profits?" The investors that Morgan Stanley polled "overwhelmingly" supported scenario B, to the tune of 76 percent of respondents.

That response, the note said, did not catch Lalwani by surprise as the group has underperformed year-to-date in the low oil environment. However, unlike investors, Lalwani said that the firm believes that "the group can do well in an environment with low oil and limited discipline, though we need the carriers to restore our confidence."

That discipline is unlikely to come from the smaller carriers, the note suggested.

"We are not surprised to see elevated supply as airlines move to capitalize on the profit opportunity, particularly the smaller carriers," the note said.

However, the firm argued that the legacy carriers can be the ones to demonstrate discipline and balance supply and demand - expecting the Q2 earnings to result in domestic capacity cuts of 1-2 percent for H2.

Oil's decline created an environment where the airlines will "achieve record profitability and return significant capital to shareholders," which Morgan Stanley "finds supportive" of long-term share prices.

Amongst the airlines, JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) has been the standout, gaining more than 41 percent year-to-date. That performance is even more distinguishing when comparing against its peers - all down around 20 percent on the year. Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) dipped 20 percent since the start of the year; American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL) lost 22 percent; and Spirit Airlines Incorporated (NASDAQ: SAVE) shed 22 percent.

[KingDMC]

There is no catalyst. Iran deal tanking oil and airlines falling right with it. Shit is stupid.

[Pennylanepam]

What will be the catalyst here today?

[KingDMC]

Took a starter position $33.93. Will double down on a dip to mid $33's if need be.

[MJ moneymaker]

Yeah it's looking good. Lower oil should help us out in the coming months as well.

[Popeye]

Market not doing good and $33 holding here indicating bottom. IMO

[MJ moneymaker]

Loading a few here

[Popeye]

Whoa - $33. I'm loading. I'm shocked!!!

[phil85]

I'm looking forward to continuous positive earnings and the buyback at the end of the year. We just have to be patient.

[Greenguy9]

Who knows? I thought we were the best airlines. I guess someone doesn't want this to go up.

[phil85]

What is the deal with this stock? Completely acts opposite of news and market forces.

[Greenguy9]

Why are we lagging so much?

[schaub]

It is a good buy. The downgrade was total BS. An easy way to manipulate the stock down. My guess bottom is here, don't see it going much lower.

[Popeye]

At these prices I think it's a strong buy. I thought $34 was the basement but was wrong by a buck. 12 month target was adjusted again but it's still $16 above where it's trading now. Analysts rating on Fidelity have this rated at 8.7 bullish score. Am I missing something here? Seems like a good opportunity to load up.

[KingDMC]

They want this at $28-$30....

[Greenguy9]

Lol, how much more they can downgrade this!!

[KingDMC]

Barclays downgrade this morning

[Popeye]

It does. I'm surprised it took a turn. I bought another 500 shares - these are unreal prices.

[Joe89]

Looking like a tough target at this point! :)

[Popeye]

$37 end of month

[KingDMC]

Needs to break $35...

[KingDMC]

34.57

[KingDMC]

Covered 35.57

[KingDMC]

Short?

[KingDMC]

Well that didn't last long. Out already.

[KingDMC]

34.23 with a stop...

[Joe89]

Here we go! $36 support test again, this was the last area it bounced from, but there is a pretty solid downtrend to contend with.

[KingDMC]

Awesome day trade $36.64 15 mins before the spike. Lucky lucky lucky.