NYSE: LUV · Airlines
Over the past week, Southwest Airlines (LUV) saw about 91 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 7% bullish across the tracked sources. Wall Street is more constructive, with 11 of 25 analysts rating LUV a buy.
There is little buzz around LUV this week and broad agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 44% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 0% to X at 10%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
25 analysts have weighed in: a Buy consensus: 11 buy calls against 3 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $49.22.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources broadly agree, so the read is a Sell.
Analysts sit 37 points above the crowd average of 7%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 10% bullish while Reddit sits at 0%, a 10-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Southwest Airlines (LUV) buzz held moderate around 42.2 while the price drifted up 6.2% 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 6.8M shares. Updated Oct 10, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, LUV held roughly flat. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 41.2 and was relatively stable, swinging between 36.3 and 44.7. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 11 of the 21 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Sell |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Buy (11 / 11 / 3) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 7% |
| Avg price target | $49.22 |
| Most bullish source | X, 10% |
| Most bearish source | Reddit, 0% |
| Sentiment spread | 10 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 91 |
| Market cap | $20.23B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 25.9 · 8.3 |
| EPS · Beta | $1.60 · 1.2 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $30.07B · 3% margin |
| Industry | Airlines |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Southwest Airlines (LUV) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 7% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 91 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 2 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 5 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 0% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is stable, suggesting steady attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Southwest Airlines (LUV), averaging 7% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 10% bullish and Reddit at 0%, a 10-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, 11 a hold and 3 a sell, for a buy consensus. The average price target is $49.22. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 7% bullish.
Southwest Airlines (LUV)'s cross-source average is bearish at 7% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. X reads 10% bullish, News reads 10% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 0% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bearish for Southwest Airlines (LUV) at 7% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is reddit at 0% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling across News. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 59 mentions (65% of total volume). News contributes 30 mentions and Reddit contributes 2 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 7% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. LUV's sell signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bearish cross-source average at 7% bullish. All 3 tracked sources lean bearish. 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.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Sell signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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