Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines posted quarterly Dividends Paid - Common of $93.0 million for Q1 2026, down 13.08% year-on-year from $107.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 50.79% on a QoQ basis from $189.0 million in Q3 2025.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 16 years of Dividends Paid - Common data on file, last reported at $93.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Dividends Paid - Common fell 13.08% year-over-year to $93.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $385.0 million (up 19.57% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $399.0 million, down 7.21% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common for Q1 2026 stood at $93.0 million, down from $189.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $216.0 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$1.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 4-year median for Dividends Paid - Common is $189.0 million (2025), against an average of $150.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Dividends Paid - Common gained 0.93%; it then tumbled 50.23% in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of Dividends Paid - Common shows it stood at $214.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 100.47% to -$1.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 19000.0% to $189.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 50.79% to $93.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Dividends Paid - Common figures came in at $93.0 million (Q1 2026), $189.0 million (Q3 2025), and $103.0 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 129.00 Mn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 93.00 Mn
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 465.20 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 93.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 93.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 189.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 189.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 103.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 103.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 107.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 107.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 216.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 216.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 215.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 215.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 214.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 214.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 214.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 214.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 188.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 188.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 96.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 96.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 98.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 98.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 178.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 178.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 91.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 91.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 93.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 93.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 148.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 148.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 75.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 75.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 76.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 76.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 123.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 123.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 62.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 62.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 63.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 63.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 96.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 96.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 49.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 49.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 50.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 50.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 81.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 81.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 41.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 41.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 42.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 42.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 56.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 56.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 28.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 28.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 28.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 28.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 15.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 15.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 7.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 7.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 8.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 8.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 7.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 7.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 3.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 3.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 7.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 7.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 3.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 3.00
Jun 30, 2010 3.00
Mar 31, 2010 -7.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 -7.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 26.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 26.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 -3.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 -3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 -3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 -3.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 7.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 7.00 Mn