Southwest Airlines (LUV) EPS (Basic) (2009 - 2026)
Southwest Airlines posted quarterly EPS (Basic) of $0.45 for Q1 2026, up 273.08% year-on-year from $0.12 in Q1 2025, and down 26.23% on a QoQ basis from $0.61 in Q4 2025.
Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 18 years of EPS (Basic) data on file, last reported at $0.45 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EPS (Basic) rose 273.08% year-over-year to $0.45; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.56 (up 73.33% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.82, up 5.13% from the prior year.
- EPS (Basic) for Q1 2026 stood at $0.45, down from $0.61 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EPS (Basic) topped out at $1.29 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$0.47 in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for EPS (Basic) is $0.32 (2023), against an average of $0.22.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EPS (Basic) sank 436.36%; it then soared 273.08% in 2026.
- A 5-year view of EPS (Basic) shows it stood at -$0.37 in 2022, then fell by 13.51% to -$0.42 in 2023, then jumped by 204.76% to $0.44 in 2024, then soared by 38.64% to $0.61 in 2025, then retreated by 26.23% to $0.45 in 2026.
- The last three EPS (Basic) figures came in at $0.45 (Q1 2026), $0.61 (Q4 2025), and $0.1 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EPS (Basic) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines | 53.78 Bn | 48.72 Bn | 15.19 Bn | -0.44 |
| 2 | Southwest Airlines | 21.39 Bn | 18.06 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 0.45 |
| 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 | - | -0.09 |
| 5 | Alaska Air | 5.26 Bn | 3.49 Bn | 3.20 Bn | -1.69 |
| 6 | Skywest | 3.43 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 924.11 Mn | 2.54 |
| 7 | Copa Holdings | 3.33 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 713.71 Mn | 8.24 |
| 8 | Jetblue Airways | 2.03 Bn | -140.72 Mn | 1.87 Bn | -0.86 |
| 9 | Allegiant Travel | 1.67 Bn | 765.78 Mn | 651.87 Mn | 2.30 |
| 10 | Frontier Group Holdings | 1.39 Bn | 618.26 Mn | 724.00 Mn | -1.18 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.45 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.61 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.10 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.40 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.26 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.44 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.11 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.61 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.39 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.42 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.32 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.15 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.27 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.37 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.47 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.29 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.47 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.11 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.75 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.59 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.20 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -1.54 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -1.96 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -1.63 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -0.18 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.98 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 1.24 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 1.37 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.70 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 1.17 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 1.08 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 1.27 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.79 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 3.19 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.88 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 1.23 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 0.55 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.85 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.63 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 1.30 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 0.80 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.83 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.89 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 0.91 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 0.67 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 0.28 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 0.48 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.67 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.22 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.30 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 0.37 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 0.31 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 0.08 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 0.11 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 0.30 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 0.13 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 0.20 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | -0.18 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 0.21 |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 0.18 |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 0.27 |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 0.15 |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 0.16 |
| Sep 30, 2009 | -0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2009 | -0.12 |