Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines posted quarterly Cash & Equivalents of $3.3 billion for Q1 2026, down 59.09% year-on-year from $8.1 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 & Equivalents data on file, last reported at $3.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cash & Equivalents fell 59.09% year-over-year to $3.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $3.3 billion (down 59.09% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.2 billion, down 56.97% from the prior year.
  • Cash & Equivalents for Q1 2026 stood at $3.3 billion, up from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash & Equivalents topped out at $13.2 billion in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $2.9 billion in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Cash & Equivalents is $8.4 billion (2024), against an average of $8.0 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cash & Equivalents rose 9.41%; it then sank 65.87% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Cash & Equivalents shows it stood at $9.5 billion in 2022, then retreated by 2.15% to $9.3 billion in 2023, then fell by 19.15% to $7.5 billion in 2024, then plunged by 56.97% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then advanced by 3.0% to $3.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Cash & Equivalents figures came in at $3.3 billion (Q1 2026), $3.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash & Equiv. (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 1.02 Bn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - 746.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn 451.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 65.84 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 382.55 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 1.86 Bn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 283.45 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 2.90 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 3.48 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 8.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 7.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 8.50 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 8.14 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 8.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 9.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 9.50 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 9.16 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 8.36 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 9.49 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 10.44 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 13.23 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 13.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 12.48 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 12.98 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 14.12 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 11.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 11.06 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 12.11 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 12.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 3.94 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 2.55 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 2.49 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 2.45 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 2.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 1.85 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 2.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 2.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 1.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 1.46 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.54 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 1.85 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 1.68 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 1.97 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 2.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 2.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 1.58 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 1.74 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 1.77 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 2.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 1.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 1.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 1.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 1.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 1.36 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 1.33 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 1.49 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 1.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 1.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 1.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 1.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 1.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 829.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 1.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 1.60 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 2.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 1.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 1.03 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 989.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 1,110.00
Dec 31, 2009 1.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2009 902.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 946.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 1.15 Bn