Southwest Airlines LUV
NYSE LUV
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At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Southwest Airlines' (LUV) quarterly Short-term Investments came in at $116.0 million in Q3 2025, down 86.8% YoY 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) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Southwest Airlines (LUV) has 17 years of Short-term Investments data on file, last reported at $116.0 million 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 slipped to $116.0 million in Q3 2025, from $364.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short-term Investments ranged from a high of $3.3 billion in Q1 2023 to a low of $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 jumped 48.1% — and 2025, when it tumbled 94.5%.
  • Tracing LUV's Short-term Investments over 5 years: stood at $3.0 billion in 2021, then declined by 7.41% to $2.8 billion in 2022, then declined by 21.93% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then sank by 44.37% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then slumped 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 53.89 Bn 49.22 Bn 19.07 Bn
2 Ryanair Holdings 29.45 Bn 26.24 Bn -
3 Southwest Airlines 19.73 Bn 15.94 Bn 7.33 Bn
4 Copa Holdings 5.35 Bn 4.09 Bn 1.03 Bn
5 Alaska Air 4.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 3.76 Bn
6 Skywest 3.99 Bn 3.38 Bn 1.01 Bn
7 Allegiant Travel 1.86 Bn 807.93 Mn 902.77 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 1.83 Bn -189.37 Mn 2.32 Bn
9 Frontier Group Holdings 1.36 Bn 408.77 Mn -
10 Republic Airways Holdings 853.83 Mn 576.23 Mn 487.40 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