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

Southwest Airlines has reported Return on Sales over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 5.0% to 0.03% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.03% through Mar 2026, up 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.02% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.03% for Q1 2026 at Southwest Airlines, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.11% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.06% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.03% (2023), against an average of 0.02%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: dropped -12bps in 2022 and later rose 7bps in 2024.
  • Tracing LUV's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.04% in 2022, then decreased by -4bps to 0.04% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 202bps to 0.04% in 2024, then increased by 15bps to 0.04% in 2025, then fell by -28bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.03%, 0.04%, and 0.01% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.