Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines has reported Cost of Revenue over the past 18 years, most recently at $1.4 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Cost of Revenue rose 8.57% to $1.4 billion in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $4.7 billion through Mar 2026, up 22.78% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $4.5 billion for FY2025, 7.95% up from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue was $1.4 billion for Q1 2026 at Southwest Airlines, up from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Cost of Revenue peaked at $3.6 billion in Q4 2022 and troughed at -$515.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $1.1 billion (2025), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Cost of Revenue: surged 2630.83% in 2022 and later crashed 114.18% in 2023.
  • Tracing LUV's Cost of Revenue over 5 years: stood at $3.6 billion in 2022, then plummeted by 114.18% to -$515.0 million in 2023, then rose by 20.39% to -$410.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 373.41% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then grew by 20.96% to $1.4 billion in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Cost of Revenue over the past three periods came in at $1.4 billion, $1.1 billion, and $1.1 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.