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25 analysts have weighed in: a Buy consensus: 11 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $52.70.
NYSE: LUV · Airlines
Over the past week, Southwest Airlines (LUV) saw about 98 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Buy. The crowd averages 62% bullish across the tracked sources. Wall Street is more cautious, with 11 of 25 analysts rating LUV a buy.
There is steady buzz around LUV this week and broad agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Buy.
Wall Street’s 44% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from X at 58% to Reddit at 67%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
25 analysts have weighed in: a Buy consensus: 11 buy calls against 5 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $52.70.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits above the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources broadly agree, so the read is a Buy.
The crowd runs 18 points hotter than the 44% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: Reddit reads 67% bullish while X sits at 58%, a 9-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Southwest Airlines (LUV) buzz held moderate around 51.4 while the price drifted down 12.6% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 5.6M shares. Updated Jul 27, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, LUV lost 8.8%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 49.8 and was relatively stable, swinging between 38.8 and 57.7. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 18 of the 18 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Buzz, bullish share, the loudest item and the positive / neutral / negative split for every tracked source over the last 7 days.
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Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Southwest Airlines (LUV) currently carries an Adanos buy signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 62% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 98 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Southwest Airlines (LUV) is fairly quiet with 9 mentions across 7 tracked subreddits. The tone is 67% bullish with rising 3-day activity momentum, suggesting building attention.
The crowd reads bullish on Southwest Airlines (LUV), averaging 62% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are Reddit at 67% bullish and X at 58%, a 9-point spread. On the professional side, 11 of 25 analysts rate LUV a buy.
Of the 25 analysts covering Southwest Airlines (LUV), 11 rate it a buy, 9 a hold and 5 a sell, for a buy consensus. The average price target is $52.70. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 62%.
Southwest Airlines (LUV) sentiment is bullish across all 3 tracked sources. Reddit reads 67% bullish, News reads 60% bullish and x coverage is the most negative at 58% bullish. The combined signal points to broad buy-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
Social sentiment data shows consistently bullish discussion around Southwest Airlines (LUV). All 3 tracked sources lean positive, with x being the most bearish at 58% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on X and News, while reddit activity is rising. The buy signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 74 mentions (76% of total volume). News contributes 15 mentions and Reddit contributes 9 mentions. Sentiment is bullish across all sources, while reddit is the only source with rising 3-day activity.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. LUV's buy signal at 93/100 conviction reflects consistently bullish sentiment across 3 tracked sources. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The LUV sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
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