DJ Southwest Airlines Co. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors
This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. $(LUV)$ slid 2.11% to $38.50 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.24% to 7,408.50 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.07% to 49,526.17.
This was the stock's seventh consecutive day of losses.
Southwest Airlines Co. closed 30.14% short of its 52-week high of $55.11, which the company reached on February 17th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Delta Air Lines Inc. $(DAL)$ fell 1.84% to $70.23, United Airlines Holdings Inc. $(UAL)$ fell 3.30% to $92.85, and American Airlines Group Inc. $(AAL)$ fell 3.07% to $12.31.
Trading volume (6.1 M) remained 2.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 8.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 15, 2026.
This content was created by MarketWatch, which is operated by Dow Jones & Co. MarketWatch is published independently from Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 15, 2026 17:07 ET (21:07 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Comments