Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) EVP & COO De Ven Michael G Van sells 33,770 Shares

EVP & COO of Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV, Financial) De Ven Michael G Van sells 33,770 shares of LUV on 12/15/2009 at an average price of $10.8 a share.

Southwest Airlines is a major domestic airline that provides primarily shorthaul, high-frequency, point-to-point, low-fare service. Southwest operates over Boeing 737 aircraft in numerous cities. Southwest has the lowest operating cost structure in the domestic airline industry and consistently offers the lowest and simplest fares. Southwest also has one of the best overall Customer Service records. Southwest Airlines Co. has a market cap of $7.98 billion; its shares were traded at around $10.75 with a P/E ratio of 67.2 and P/S ratio of 0.7. The dividend yield of Southwest Airlines Co. stocks is 0.2%. Southwest Airlines Co. had an annual average earning growth of 4.3% over the past 10 years.

LUV is in the portfolios of PRIMECAP Management, Diamond Hill Capital of Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc, Brian Rogers of T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

  • Sell:: SVP Davis S /tx Ridley sold 8,631 shares of LUV stock on 12/11/2009 at the average price of 10.91, the price of the stock has decreased by 1.47% since

  • Sell:: EVP - Strategy and Planning Robert E Jordan sold 1,297 shares of LUV stock on 11/30/2009 at the average price of 9.22, the price of the stock has increased by 16.59% since