Growth Metrics

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

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has disclosed FCF Margin for 12 consecutive years, with 29.66% as the latest value for Q4 2020.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2020, FCF Margin fell 2611.0% year-over-year to 29.66%, compared with a TTM value of 73.27% through Sep 2021, up 7902.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 2.96%, up 283.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 29.66% for Q4 2020 at Southwest Airlines, up from 39.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 77.88% in Q2 2020 and bottomed at 39.82% in Q3 2020.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 10.17%, with a median of 14.36% recorded in 2016.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin hit 6542bps in 2020, while the deepest fall reached -5252bps in 2020.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 24.8% in 2016, then soared by 142bps to 10.43% in 2017, then skyrocketed by 65bps to 17.25% in 2018, then plummeted by -121bps to 3.54% in 2019, then tumbled by -737bps to 29.66% in 2020.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for LUV at 29.66% in Q4 2020, 39.82% in Q3 2020, and 77.88% in Q2 2020.