Southwest Airlines Co reports results for the quarter ended September 30 - Earnings Summary

Southwest Airlines

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Southwest Airlines Co LUV.N reported quarterly adjusted earnings of 66 cents​​ per share for the quarter ended September 30, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of 11 cents.  The mean expectation of twenty one analysts for the quarter was for earnings of 58 cents per share. Wall Street expected results to range from 42 cents to 68 cents per share.
Revenue rose 21.2% to $8.42 billion from a year ago; analysts expected $8.25 billion. 
Southwest Airlines Co shares had fallen by 4.8% this quarter and lost 4.1% so far this year.
FORECAST CHANGES
The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by about 25% in the last three months.​ 
In the last 30 days, eight analysts negatively revised earnings estimates
RECOMMENDATIONS
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 11 "strong buy" or "buy," 12 "hold" and 3 "sell" or "strong sell." The average consensus recommendation for the airlines peer group is  "buy."
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Southwest Airlines Co is $50.00, about 20.2% above its last closing price of $39.88
This summary was machine generated from LSEG data October 21 at 09:03 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)
QUARTER ENDING
ESTIMATE 
ACTUAL
BEAT, MET, MISSED
Sep. 30 2026 
0.58
0.66
Beat
Jun. 30 2026 
0.51
0.94
Beat
Mar. 31 2026 
0.47
0.45
Missed
Dec. 31 2025 
0.58
0.58
Met