Southwest Airlines (LUV) Interest Expenses (2016 - 2026)
Southwest Airlines has reported Interest Expenses over the past 18 years, most recently at $54.0 million for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Interest Expenses rose 17.39% to $54.0 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $175.0 million through Mar 2026, down 23.91% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $167.0 million for FY2025, 32.93% down from the prior year.
- Interest Expenses was $54.0 million for Q1 2026 at Southwest Airlines, up from $47.0 million in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Interest Expenses peaked at $93.0 million in Q1 2022 and troughed at $35.0 million in Q3 2025.
- The 5-year median for Interest Expenses is $63.0 million (2023), against an average of $62.8 million.
- Biggest five-year swings in Interest Expenses: tumbled 45.16% in 2022 and later grew 17.39% in 2026.
- Tracing LUV's Interest Expenses over 5 years: stood at $68.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 2.94% to $66.0 million in 2023, then decreased by 12.12% to $58.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 18.97% to $47.0 million in 2025, then grew by 14.89% to $54.0 million in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Interest Expenses over the past three periods came in at $54.0 million, $47.0 million, and $35.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.