$30,000 of SOUTHWEST AIRLINES lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Explosive Detection Systems (EDS), Air Traffic Control (ATC) modernization, appropriations, and FAA reauthorization implementation."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
LUV Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $LUV stock 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $LUV stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 07/03 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 08/05.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
LUV Insider Trading Activity
LUV insiders have traded $LUV stock on the open market 25 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 25 have been purchases and 0 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $LUV stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- PIERRE R BREBER has made 19 purchases buying 10,000 shares for an estimated $268,876 and 0 sales.
- GREGG A SARETSKY has made 3 purchases buying 7,015 shares for an estimated $200,616 and 0 sales.
- DAVID P HESS purchased 7,500 shares for an estimated $198,900
- SARAH FEINBERG has made 2 purchases buying 1,500 shares for an estimated $45,007 and 0 sales.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
LUV Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 338 institutional investors add shares of LUV stock to their portfolio, and 509 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- UBS GROUP AG removed 11,353,191 shares (-52.4%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $368,297,516
- NOMURA HOLDINGS INC added 10,463,417 shares (+953.3%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $339,433,247
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 9,716,160 shares (+2403.8%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $315,192,230
- MORGAN STANLEY removed 4,080,749 shares (-41.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $132,379,497
- BLACKROCK, INC. removed 3,901,899 shares (-11.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $126,577,603
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 3,681,605 shares (-16.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $119,431,266
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLC removed 3,435,247 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $111,439,412
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
LUV Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $LUV in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Raymond James issued a "Outperform" rating on 04/29/2025
- Citigroup issued a "Sell" rating on 04/14/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for LUV, check out Quiver Quantitative's $LUV forecast page.
LUV Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $LUV recently. We have seen 8 analysts offer price targets for $LUV in the last 6 months, with a median target of $34.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Jamie Baker from JP Morgan set a target price of $35.0 on 09/12/2025
- Christopher Stathoulopoulos from Susquehanna set a target price of $30.0 on 08/05/2025
- Duane Pfennigwerth from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $34.0 on 07/25/2025
- Brandon Oglenski from Barclays set a target price of $34.0 on 07/10/2025
- Thomas Wadewitz from UBS set a target price of $34.0 on 07/07/2025
- Sheila Kahyaoglu from Jefferies set a target price of $33.0 on 05/27/2025
- Savanthi Syth from Raymond James set a target price of $40.0 on 04/29/2025
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