Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Enterprise Value (2009 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines posted quarterly Enterprise Value of -$3.3 billion for Q1 2026, up 59.67% year-on-year from -$2.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 3.0% on a QoQ basis from -$3.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 18 years of Enterprise Value data on file, last reported at -$3.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Enterprise Value rose 59.67% year-over-year to -$3.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$3.3 billion (up 59.67% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$3.2 billion, up 62.97% from the prior year.
  • Enterprise Value for Q1 2026 stood at -$3.3 billion, down from -$3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Enterprise Value topped out at -$3.0 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$16.4 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Enterprise Value is -$10.5 billion (2024), against an average of -$9.7 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Enterprise Value retreated 9.7%; it then soared 67.83% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Enterprise Value shows it stood at -$12.3 billion in 2022, then increased by 6.65% to -$11.5 billion in 2023, then advanced by 23.96% to -$8.7 billion in 2024, then surged by 62.97% to -$3.2 billion in 2025, then declined by 3.0% to -$3.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Enterprise Value figures came in at -$3.3 billion (Q1 2026), -$3.2 billion (Q4 2025), and -$3.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Enterprise Value (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn -5.05 Bn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn -3.33 Bn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn -1.05 Bn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -766.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -1.77 Bn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn -627.24 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn -1.34 Bn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -2.17 Bn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn -902.16 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -772.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -3.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -3.23 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -3.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -3.84 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -8.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -8.73 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -9.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -10.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -10.51 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -11.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -11.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -12.18 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -11.67 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -12.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -13.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -16.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -15.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -15.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -16.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -16.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -14.35 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -13.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 -14.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -14.46 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -5.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 -4.07 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 -4.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 -3.99 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 -3.86 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 -3.69 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 -3.82 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 -3.69 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 -3.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -3.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 -3.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 -3.15 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 -3.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -3.31 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 -3.45 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 -3.42 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 -3.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -3.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 -3.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 -3.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 -3.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -2.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 -3.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 -3.99 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 -3.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 -3.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 -3.33 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 -3.39 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 -3.14 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 -2.97 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 -3.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 -3.26 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 -3.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -3.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 -3.66 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 -1.60 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 -4.47 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -3.54 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 -3.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 -3.12 Bn
Mar 31, 2010 -1.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 -2.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2009 -2.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2009 -2.20 Bn
Mar 31, 2009 -2.13 Bn