Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Cash & Current Investments (2009 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines posted quarterly Cash & Current Investments of $3.3 billion for Q1 2026, down 59.67% year-on-year from $8.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 3.0% on a QoQ basis from $3.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 18 years of Cash & Current Investments data on file, last reported at $3.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cash & Current Investments fell 59.67% year-over-year to $3.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $3.3 billion (down 59.67% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.2 billion, down 62.97% from the prior year.
  • Cash & Current Investments for Q1 2026 stood at $3.3 billion, up from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash & Current Investments topped out at $16.4 billion in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $3.0 billion in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Cash & Current Investments is $10.5 billion (2024), against an average of $9.7 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cash & Current Investments increased 9.7%; it then slumped 67.83% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Cash & Current Investments shows it stood at $12.3 billion in 2022, then fell by 6.65% to $11.5 billion in 2023, then slipped by 23.96% to $8.7 billion in 2024, then plunged by 62.97% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then advanced by 3.0% to $3.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Cash & Current Investments figures came in at $3.3 billion (Q1 2026), $3.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash & Current Investments (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 5.05 Bn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 3.33 Bn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 1.05 Bn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn 1.77 Bn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 627.24 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 1.34 Bn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 2.17 Bn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 902.16 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn 772.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.23 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 3.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 3.84 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 8.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 8.73 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 9.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 10.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 10.51 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 11.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 11.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 12.18 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 11.67 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 12.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 13.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 16.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 15.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 15.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 16.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 16.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 14.35 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 13.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 14.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 14.46 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 5.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 4.07 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 4.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 3.99 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 3.86 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 3.69 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 3.82 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 3.69 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 3.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 3.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 3.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 3.15 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 3.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 3.31 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 3.45 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 3.42 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 3.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 3.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 3.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 3.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 3.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 2.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 3.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 3.99 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 3.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 3.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 3.33 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 3.39 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 3.14 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 2.97 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 3.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 3.26 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 3.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 3.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 3.66 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 1.60 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 4.47 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 3.54 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 3.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 3.12 Bn
Mar 31, 2010 1.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 2.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2009 2.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2009 2.20 Bn
Mar 31, 2009 2.13 Bn