Southwest Airlines (LUV) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2025)

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has reported Short-term Investments for 17 consecutive years, with $116.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2025.

• Quarterly Short-term Investments fell 86.8% year-over-year to $116.0 million in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was $116.0 million (down 86.8% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at $1.2 billion, down 44.37% from the prior year.
• Short-term Investments fell to $116.0 million in Q3 2025 per LUV's latest filing, from $364.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Short-term Investments for LUV reached as high as $3.3 billion in Q1 2023 and fell as low as $116.0 million in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of $2.1 billion and a median of $2.4 billion in 2021 frame the typical range for Short-term Investments.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Short-term Investments surged 48.1% — and 2025, when it slumped 94.5%.
• Year by year, Short-term Investments stood at $3.0 billion in 2021, then decreased by 7.41% to $2.8 billion in 2022, then decreased by 21.93% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then slumped by 44.37% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 90.46% to $116.0 million in 2025.
• According to Business Quant data, Short-term Investments over the past three periods registered $116.0 million, $364.0 million, and $118.0 million for Q3 2025, Q2 2025, and Q1 2025 respectively.