Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines has reported Interest Coverage Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 6.11 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio rose 226.06% to 6.11 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 5.61 through Mar 2026, up 162.59% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 2.56 for FY2025, 98.8% up from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio was 6.11 for Q1 2026 at Southwest Airlines, down from 8.32 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 12.45 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 6.12 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 3.23 (2022), against an average of 2.59.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Interest Coverage Ratio: tumbled 460.03% in 2022 and later soared 226.06% in 2026.
  • Tracing LUV's Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years: stood at 5.66 in 2022, then fell by 8.11% to 6.12 in 2023, then soared by 178.3% to 4.79 in 2024, then soared by 73.56% to 8.32 in 2025, then decreased by 26.54% to 6.11 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio over the past three periods came in at 6.11, 8.32, and 1.0 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.