Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Current Deferred Revenue (2009 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines posted quarterly Current Deferred Revenue of $7.0 billion for Q1 2026, down 20.82% year-on-year from $8.9 billion in Q1 2025, and up 18.57% on a QoQ basis from $5.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 11 years of Current Deferred Revenue data on file, last reported at $7.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Current Deferred Revenue fell 20.82% year-over-year to $7.0 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $7.0 billion (down 20.82% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $5.9 billion, down 27.87% from the prior year.
  • Current Deferred Revenue for Q1 2026 stood at $7.0 billion, up from $5.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Current Deferred Revenue topped out at $9.4 billion in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $5.9 billion in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Current Deferred Revenue is $8.5 billion (2022), against an average of $8.4 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Current Deferred Revenue rose 11.36%; it then fell 27.87% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Current Deferred Revenue shows it stood at $8.2 billion in 2022, then climbed by 0.35% to $8.3 billion in 2023, then fell by 0.45% to $8.2 billion in 2024, then dropped by 27.87% to $5.9 billion in 2025, then increased by 18.57% to $7.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Current Deferred Revenue figures came in at $7.0 billion (Q1 2026), $5.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $8.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn
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
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 5.95 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 8.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 8.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 8.90 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 8.24 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 8.70 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 9.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 9.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 8.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 9.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 9.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 9.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 8.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 8.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 8.52 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 8.61 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 7.73 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 8.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 8.68 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 7.73 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 7.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 7.09 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 6.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 5.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 5.51 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 75.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 78.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 82.00
Mar 31, 2011 85.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 88.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 9.00 Mn