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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)

Southwest Airlines has reported Return on Equity over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.11% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity rose 5.0% to 0.11% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.11% through Mar 2026, up 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.05% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity was 0.11% for Q1 2026 at Southwest Airlines, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Equity peaked at 0.11% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 0.02% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.06% (2025), against an average of 0.06%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Equity hit 37bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -4bps in 2022.
  • Tracing LUV's Return on Equity over 5 years: stood at 0.05% in 2022, then decreased by -14bps to 0.04% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 55bps to 0.07% in 2024, then fell by -16bps to 0.06% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 96bps to 0.11% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity over the past three periods came in at 0.11%, 0.06%, and 0.05% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.