Growth Metrics

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

Southwest Airlines posted quarterly Short-term Investments of $116.0 million for Q3 2025, down 86.8% year-on-year from $879.0 million in Q3 2024, and down 68.13% on a QoQ basis from $364.0 million in Q2 2025.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 17 years of Short-term Investments data on file, last reported at $116.0 million in Q3 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2025, Short-term Investments fell 86.8% year-over-year to $116.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 stood at $116.0 million (down 86.8% YoY), and the FY2024 full-year result was $1.2 billion, down 44.37% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments for Q3 2025 stood at $116.0 million, down from $364.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Short-term Investments topped out at $3.3 billion in Q1 2023 and bottomed at $116.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Short-term Investments is $2.4 billion (2021), against an average of $2.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Short-term Investments jumped 48.1%; it then sank 94.5% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Short-term Investments shows it stood at $3.0 billion in 2021, then fell by 7.41% to $2.8 billion in 2022, then fell by 21.93% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then plunged by 44.37% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then sank by 90.46% to $116.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three Short-term Investments figures came in at $116.0 million (Q3 2025), $364.0 million (Q2 2025), and $118.0 million (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn -
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 116.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 364.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 118.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.22 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 879.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.86 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.19 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 2.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 3.02 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 2.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 3.23 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.20 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.64 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 3.02 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 3.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.75 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 2.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 2.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 2.45 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 2.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 1.61 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.54 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.52 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 1.84 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.42 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 1.78 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 1.58 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.62 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 1.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 1.63 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 1.48 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 1.38 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 1.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 1.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 1.36 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 1.36 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 1.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 1.71 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 1.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 2.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 1.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 2.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 1.90 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 1.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 1.86 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 2.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 2.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 2.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 2.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 2.64 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 2,779.00
Mar 31, 2011 2.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 2.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 2.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 2.14 Bn
Mar 31, 2010 1.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 1.48 Bn
Sep 30, 2009 1.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2009 1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2009 989.00 Mn