Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Operating Income (2016 - 2025)

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has disclosed Operating Income for 12 consecutive years, with -$1.2 billion as the latest value for Q4 2020.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2020, Operating Income fell 275.79% year-over-year to -$1.2 billion, compared with a TTM value of -$3.8 billion through Dec 2020, down 229.08%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $428.0 million, up 33.33% over the prior year.
  • Operating Income was -$1.2 billion for Q4 2020 at Southwest Airlines, up from -$1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Income topped out at $1.3 billion in Q2 2016 and bottomed at -$1.4 billion in Q3 2020.
  • Average Operating Income over 5 years is $465.4 million, with a median of $734.0 million recorded in 2016.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Income increased 27.35% in 2017, then plummeted 275.79% in 2020.
  • Year by year, Operating Income stood at $607.0 million in 2016, then rose by 27.35% to $773.0 million in 2017, then rose by 6.08% to $820.0 million in 2018, then fell by 18.9% to $665.0 million in 2019, then tumbled by 275.79% to -$1.2 billion in 2020.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Income for LUV at -$1.2 billion in Q4 2020, -$1.4 billion in Q3 2020, and -$1.1 billion in Q2 2020.