Southwest Airlines LUV
NYSE LUV
$40.38 +0.49 (+1.23%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Southwest Airlines' (LUV) quarterly Cash & Equivalents came in at $3.8 billion in Q2 2026, up 9.09% YoY from $3.5 billion in Q2 2025, and up 13.91% on a QoQ basis from $3.3 billion in Q1 2026.

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

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 18 years of Cash & Equivalents data on file, last reported at $3.8 billion in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Cash & Equivalents rose 9.09% year-over-year to $3.8 billion in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $3.8 billion (up 9.09% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $3.2 billion, down 56.97% from the prior year.
  • Cash & Equivalents improved to $3.8 billion in Q2 2026, from $3.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash & Equivalents ranged from a high of $13.2 billion in Q2 2022 to a low of $2.9 billion in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $7.8 billion and a median of $8.4 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Cash & Equivalents.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Cash & Equivalents rose 9.41% — and 2025, when it tumbled 65.87%.
  • Tracing LUV's Cash & Equivalents over 5 years: stood at $9.5 billion in 2022, then fell by 2.15% to $9.3 billion in 2023, then declined by 19.15% to $7.5 billion in 2024, then sank by 56.97% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then advanced by 17.33% to $3.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Cash & Equivalents figures came in at $3.8 billion (Q2 2026), $3.3 billion (Q1 2026), and $3.2 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash & Equiv. (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.89 Bn 49.22 Bn 19.07 Bn 4.67 Bn
2 Ryanair Holdings 29.45 Bn 26.24 Bn - 3.18 Bn
3 Southwest Airlines 19.73 Bn 15.94 Bn 7.33 Bn 3.79 Bn
4 Copa Holdings 5.35 Bn 4.09 Bn 1.03 Bn 266.83 Mn
5 Alaska Air 4.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 3.76 Bn 1.06 Bn
6 Skywest 3.99 Bn 3.38 Bn 1.01 Bn 81.41 Mn
7 Allegiant Travel 1.86 Bn 807.93 Mn 902.77 Mn 508.68 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 1.83 Bn -189.37 Mn 2.32 Bn 1.66 Bn
9 Frontier Group Holdings 1.36 Bn 408.77 Mn - 955.00 Mn
10 Republic Airways Holdings 853.83 Mn 576.23 Mn 487.40 Mn 115.70 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 3.79 Bn
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