Southwest Airlines Co (LUV): Today's Featured Transportation Winner
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) pushed the Transportation industry higher today making it today's featured transportation winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Southwest Airlines rose $0.25 (1.9%) to $13.65 on average volume. Throughout the day, 8,055,280 shares of Southwest Airlines exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,140,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $13.16-$13.80 after having opened the day at $13.43 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.40. Other companies within the Transportation industry that increased today were:
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), up 20.0%,
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), up 17.2%,
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), up 9.1% and
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), up 8.1%.
Southwest Airlines Co. operates passenger airlines that provide scheduled air transportation services in the United States. As of December 31, 2012, the company operated 694 aircraft, including 606 Boeing 737 aircraft and 88 Boeing 717 aircraft. Southwest Airlines has a market cap of $9.7 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 30.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Southwest Airlines a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Southwest Airlines
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Southwest Airlines Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 6.2%,
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), down 5.4%,
Patriot Transportation Holdings
(
), down 3.7% and
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), down 3.0%.
- Use our transportation section to find industry-relevant news.
- Or find some new ideas from our top rated stocks lists.
For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the transportation industry could consider
iShares Dow Jones Transportation
(
) while those bearish on the transportation industry could consider
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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