LUV · Southwest Airlines Co
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Key metrics
the company's own KPIs, from written earnings releases and filings| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
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| Active fulltime equivalent Employees | 73,456 | Three months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
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| Adjusted average invested capital non-GAAP | $13.3B | Twelve months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Adjusted debt non-GAAP | $6.89B | June 30, 2026 | — |
| Adjusted EBITDAR non-GAAP | $3.25B | Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Adjusted operating income, non-GAAP non-GAAP | $1.55B | Twelve months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Adjusted operating margin non-GAAP | 6.7% | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Adjusted operating revenues non-GAAP | $8.7B | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Adjusted RASM year-over-year change non-GAAP | 20.1% | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Aircraft fleet | 803 | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Available seat miles (ASMs) (in millions) | 89.14B | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Average aircraft stage length (miles) | 781 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Average length of passenger haul (miles) | 1,079 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Average passenger fare | $225.76 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Capacity year-over-year change | 0.2% | second quarter 2026 | — |
| CASM (cents) | 16.9 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| CASM, excluding fuel (cents) non-GAAP | 12.9 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| CASM, excluding fuel and special items (cents) non-GAAP | 12.88 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| CASM, excluding fuel, special items, and profit sharing (cents) non-GAAP | 12.45 | Three months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| CASM, excluding special items (cents) non-GAAP | 16.89 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| CASM-X year-over-year change non-GAAP | 3.4% | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Chase co-branded credit card acquisitions year-over-year change | 28% | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Dividends paid | $88M | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Enplaned passengers (000s) | 81.8M | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
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| Fuel consumed, in gallons (millions) | 1.06B | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
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| Fuel cost per gallon | $3.92 | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Fuel costs per gallon, including fuel tax | $3.37 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Fuel costs per gallon, including fuel tax (unhedged) | $3.31 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Gross capital expenditures | $818M | second quarter 2026 | — |
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| Liquidity | $5.3B | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Load factor | 76.8% | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
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| Managed business revenues year-over-year change | 30% | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Net operating profit after-tax, NOPAT non-GAAP | $1.2B | Twelve months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Non-GAAP ROIC, after-tax non-GAAP | 9% | Twelve months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Non-GAAP ROIC, pre-tax non-GAAP | 11.6% | Twelve months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Operating income, non-GAAP non-GAAP | $1.34B | Twelve months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Passenger revenue yield per RPM (cents) | 20.93 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| PRASM (cents) | 16.08 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Rapid Rewards new enrollments year-over-year change | 35% | second quarter 2026 | — |
| RASM (cents) | 17.59 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| RASM year-over-year change | 16.2% | second quarter 2026 | — |
| RASM, excluding special items (cents) non-GAAP | 17.91 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) (in millions) | 68.5B | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Revenue passengers carried (000s) | 63.51M | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
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| Seats flown (000s) | 112.04M | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Seats per trip | 160.5 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
| Trips flown | 698,110 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | — |
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| Unencumbered aircraft and other related assets net book value | $15.7B | second quarter 2026 | — |
| Customer buy-up percentage | 60% | first quarter 2026 | — |
| dividends distributed | $93M | first quarter 2026 | — |
| fuel costs per gallon | $2.73 | first quarter 2026 | — |
| Operating margin, excluding special items non-GAAP | 4.6% | Three months ended March 31, 2026 | — |
| Rapid Rewards enrollments year-over-year change | 37% | first quarter 2026 | — |
| Rapid Rewards tier-status earners year-over-year change | 62% | first quarter 2026 | — |
| share repurchases | $1.25B | first quarter 2026 | — |
| Fourth quarter 2025 adjusted EBIT non-GAAP | $386M | Q4 2025 | — |
| Fourth quarter 2025 adjusted net income non-GAAP | $301M | Q4 2025 | — |
| Fourth quarter 2025 capacity growth | 5.8% | Q4 2025 | — |
| Fourth quarter 2025 CASM-X year-over-year change non-GAAP | 0.8% | Q4 2025 | — |
| Full year 2025 adjusted EBIT non-GAAP | $574M | Full year 2025 | — |
| Full year 2025 adjusted EBITDAR non-GAAP | $2.46B | Full year 2025 | — |
| Full year 2025 adjusted net income non-GAAP | $512M | Full year 2025 | — |
| Full year 2025 capacity growth | 1.6% | Full year 2025 | — |
| Full year 2025 CASM-X year-over-year change non-GAAP | 3.1% | Full year 2025 | — |
| Full year 2025 operating income, non-GAAP non-GAAP | $539M | Full year 2025 | — |
| Shareholder returns in 2025 | 2.9B | Full year 2025 | — |
Figures exactly as the company stated them in writing · click a metric with a to chart its history · period links open the stating document · "filing" marks figures stated in the 10-K/10-Q · YoY needs an exactly comparable prior-year period
Versus peers
Airlines — same industry group| Company | Mkt cap | YTD | Rev growth Y/Y | P/E | Short % shares |
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LUV
this stock
Southwest Airlines Co
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$20.05B | -1.6% | +3.7% | 25.9 | 5.1% |
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DAL
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
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$54.99B | +19.7% | +4.0% | 13.9 | 3.4% |
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UAL
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
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$36.86B | +2.7% | +3.2% | 10.6 | 6.4% |
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RYAAY
Ryanair Holdings PLC
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$29.41B | -21.5% | — | — | 0.5% |
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LTM
Latam Airlines Group S.A.
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$15.73B | -2.8% | — | — | 1.0% |
Peers by industry group · P/E from as-reported trailing EPS · short % is of shares outstanding
At a glance
key data from every section- Amount
- $1.0K–$15.0K
- Traded
- Jun 16, 2026
Performance
| 5D | 20D | 120D | MTD | YTD | |
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| LUV | -1.8% | -8.4% | -7.4% | -9.6% | -1.6% |
| SPY | -0.4% | +5.0% | +12.4% | +2.6% | +12.3% |
| vs SPY | -1.4% | -13.4% | -19.8% | -12.1% | -13.9% |
Capital returns
Dividends per share over the trailing 365 days by ex-date · buyback figures as last reported in SEC filings ("spent" derived as authorized − remaining; when several programs run concurrently, authorized is their combined total per the newest filing) · components shown separately — trailing-year buyback spend isn't tracked, so no combined shareholder yield is derived.