Southwest Airlines (LUV) Change in Accured Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 18 years of Change in Accured Expenses data on file, last reported at -$77.0 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Change in Accured Expenses rose 38.89% year-over-year to -$77.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $389.0 million (up 119.98% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $218.0 million, up 115.99% from the prior year.
• Change in Accured Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at -$77.0 million, down from $427.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Change in Accured Expenses topped out at $1.6 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$1.2 billion in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for Change in Accured Expenses is -$72.0 million (2023), against an average of -$76.6 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Change in Accured Expenses sank 1322.22%; it then soared 303.38% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Change in Accured Expenses shows it stood at -$770.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 303.38% to $1.6 billion in 2023, then plunged by 178.35% to -$1.2 billion in 2024, then soared by 134.8% to $427.0 million in 2025, then plunged by 118.03% to -$77.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Change in Accured Expenses figures came in at -$77.0 million (Q1 2026), $427.0 million (Q4 2025), and $11.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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