Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 10 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q4 2020.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2020, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 0.14%, compared with a TTM value of 0.14% through Dec 2020, changed N/A, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.02%, up 1.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.14% for Q4 2020 at Southwest Airlines, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.22% in Q4 2016 and bottomed at 0.14% in Q4 2020.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 4 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.18% recorded in 2019.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed dropped -1bps in 2019, then dropped -3bps in 2020.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.22% in 2016, then dropped by -12bps to 0.19% in 2018, then fell by -8bps to 0.18% in 2019, then plummeted by -179bps to 0.14% in 2020.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for LUV at 0.14% in Q4 2020, 0.15% in Q1 2020, and 0.18% in Q1 2019.