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• SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 26, 2013
• Southwest Airlines Company (LUV) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 05, 2013
• LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (LFL) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for January 31, 2013

• FDX 86% Rate It
• LFL 100% Rate It
• LUV 75% Rate It

Southwest Airlines Company ( LUV ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 04, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.01 per share scheduled for January 03, 2013. Shareholders who purchased LUV stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that LUV has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $9.5, the dividend yield is .42%.

The previous trading day's last sale of LUV was $9.5, representing a -5.47% decrease from the 52 week high of $10.05 and a 22.42% increase over the 52 week low of $7.76.

LUV is a part of the Transportation sector, which includes companies such as FedEx Corporation ( FDX ) and LATAM Airlines Group S.A. ( LFL ). LUV's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.65. Zacks Investment Research reports LUV's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as 26.65%, compared to an industry average of 7%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the LUV Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to LUV through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have LUV as a top-10 holding:

• Guggenheim Airline ETF ( FAA ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is FAA with an increase of 2.71% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of LUV at 15.64%.

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