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Southwest Airlines Earns Relative Strength Rating Upgrade; Hits Key Threshold

On Monday, Southwest Airlines got an upgrade to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating, from 79 to 84.

This exclusive rating from Investor's Business Daily measures market leadership with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The score shows how a stock's price movement over the last 52 weeks holds up against all the other stocks in our database.

Decades of market research shows that the best-performing stocks often have an 80 or better RS Rating in the early stages of their moves.

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Southwest Airlines is trying to complete a flat base with a 36.12 entry. See if it can break out in heavy volume.

Southwest Airlines showed -61% EPS growth in its most recent report. Revenue gains came in at 5%. Keep an eye out for the company's next round of numbers on or around Jan. 30.

The company earns the No. 12 rank among its peers in the Transportation-Airline industry group. Skywest, Sun Country Airlines and Alaska Air Group are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group.

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