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LUVSouthwest Airlines CompanySell5.9·$43.47

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage

BEAT+14.2% vs estimateEPS $0.66 vs $0.58 estCurrent verdict Sell 5.9/10

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Event detail · Q3 2026

Key numbers

Adjusted EPS
$0.66
Estimate
$0.58
Surprise
+14.2%
Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
$8.42B
Score today
5.9/10

Revenue source: xbrl.

Report record · Q3 2026

How the report landed

Southwest Airlines (LUV) beat the $0.58 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.66 — a large 14.2% upside surprise.

Around the report

Coverage in the report window

  • UBS Maintains Buy on Southwest Airlines, Raises Price Target to $54 — benzinga, 2026-10-23
  • Why Is United Airlines Stock Falling on Friday? — benzinga, 2026-10-23
  • Analyst Price Target Adjustments for Southwest Airlines — fiscal.ai, 2026-10-23
Current read · as of 2026-10-29

Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now

TrendMatrix currently rates LUV Sell at 5.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.

3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +14.2% surprise compares with a +22.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-27.

What argues against it

  • Concentration risk — Supplier: Boeing
  • Concentration risk — Supplier: single engine supplier
  • Target reached (2.1% upside)

This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.

Current engine read

The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks

Current price
$43.47
Price target
$44.39
Stop
$40.43
Upside to target
+2.1%
Reward-to-risk
0.2:1

The stock trades at 21.2× trailing but 10.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.

Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.

Industrials context

LUV at TrendMatrix's latest read

Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.

Industry
Airlines
Market cap
$21.27B
P/E (fwd)
10.5
P/E (ttm)
21.2
52-week range
$29.26–$55.11
Off 52-week high
21.1%
RSI (14)
59
Volume vs avg
0.97×
Score today
5.9/10

EPS and the estimate come from Yahoo Finance’s earnings calendar, captured around the report date. That EPS is the adjusted figure analysts forecast, so it can differ from the GAAP diluted EPS in the company’s filing, and consensus estimates vary between data providers. Revenue comes from SEC XBRL company facts where available, yfinance-provisional otherwise. Not a buy/sell rating, a price target, or investment advice — see the current verdict on the stock’s main page for TrendMatrix’s live read.

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