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Southwest Airlines (LUV) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 15 consecutive years, with 0.66 as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 68.6% year-over-year to 0.66, compared with a TTM value of 0.48 through Dec 2025, up 33.34%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.48, down 77.77% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.66 for Q3 2025 at Southwest Airlines, up from 0.11 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.1 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.31 in Q1 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 3 years is 0.44, with a median of 0.32 recorded in 2025.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio hit 495.81% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 190.38% in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2023, then tumbled by 117.76% to 0.06 in 2024, then surged by 1153.66% to 0.66 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for LUV at 0.66 in Q3 2025, 0.11 in Q2 2025, and 0.3 in Q1 2025.