Southwest Airlines (LUV) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines (LUV) posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.2 for Q2 2026, up 38.13% year-on-year from 0.14 in Q2 2025, and up 7.57% on a QoQ basis from 0.18 in Q1 2026.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has reported Debt Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.2 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 38.13% year-over-year to 0.2 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.2 (up 38.13% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.17, down 15.04% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio advanced to 0.2 in Q2 2026 per LUV's latest filing, from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for LUV reached as high as 0.29 in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 0.0 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.15 and a median of 0.18 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Debt Ratio sank 99.69% — and 2025, when it soared 25827.0%.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.23 in 2022, then fell by 4.03% to 0.22 in 2023, then retreated by 9.55% to 0.2 in 2024, then retreated by 15.04% to 0.17 in 2025, then increased by 17.05% to 0.2 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.2, 0.18, and 0.17 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Latam Airlines 30,820.50 Bn 30,817.83 Bn 1.28 Mn 0.00
2 Ryanair Holdings 60.62 Bn 57.43 Bn - 0.00
3 Delta Air Lines 56.47 Bn 51.80 Bn 19.07 Bn 0.16
4 Southwest Airlines 22.19 Bn 18.40 Bn 7.33 Bn 0.20
5 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.95 Bn 8.12 Bn - 0.08
6 Copa Holdings 5.72 Bn 4.39 Bn 713.71 Mn 0.30
7 Alaska Air 5.41 Bn 3.64 Bn 3.20 Bn 0.26
8 Skywest 4.36 Bn 3.75 Bn 1.01 Bn 0.31
9 Jetblue Airways 2.00 Bn 1.59 Bn 1.87 Bn 0.51
10 Allegiant Travel 1.82 Bn 915.81 Mn 651.87 Mn 0.43

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.20
Mar 31, 2026 0.18
Dec 31, 2025 0.17
Sep 30, 2025 0.14
Jun 30, 2025 0.14
Mar 31, 2025 0.20
Dec 31, 2024 0.20
Sep 30, 2024 0.08
Jun 30, 2024 0.08
Mar 31, 2024 0.00
Dec 31, 2023 0.22
Sep 30, 2023 0.00
Jun 30, 2023 0.00
Mar 31, 2023 0.00
Dec 31, 2022 0.23
Sep 30, 2022 0.24
Jun 30, 2022 0.28
Mar 31, 2022 0.29
Dec 31, 2021 0.30
Sep 30, 2021 0.30