Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has disclosed EBT Margin for 12 consecutive years, with 66.12% as the latest value for Q4 2020.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2020, EBT Margin fell 7775.0% year-over-year to 66.12%, compared with a TTM value of 47.04% through Dec 2020, down 6022.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 2.01%, down 17.0% over the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 66.12% for Q4 2020 at Southwest Airlines, up from 86.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 24.22% in Q2 2016 and bottomed at 122.92% in Q2 2020.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 2.03%, with a median of 13.99% recorded in 2017.
  • The sharpest move saw EBT Margin surged 510bps in 2016, then crashed -13930bps in 2020.
  • Year by year, EBT Margin stood at 14.03% in 2016, then decreased by -1bps to 13.96% in 2017, then grew by 3bps to 14.32% in 2018, then dropped by -19bps to 11.63% in 2019, then crashed by -669bps to 66.12% in 2020.
  • Business Quant data shows EBT Margin for LUV at 66.12% in Q4 2020, 86.0% in Q3 2020, and 122.92% in Q2 2020.