Southwest Airlines Company (LUV)
Quick ratio
| Dec 31, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | US$ in thousands | 3,231,000 | 2,902,000 | 3,475,000 | 8,134,000 | 7,509,000 | 8,503,000 | 8,142,000 | 8,367,000 | 9,288,000 | 9,497,000 | 9,158,000 | 8,359,000 | 9,492,000 | 10,443,000 | 13,234,000 | 13,098,000 | 12,480,000 | 12,980,000 | 14,124,000 | 11,971,000 |
| Short-term investments | US$ in thousands | 0 | 116,000 | 364,000 | 118,000 | 1,216,000 | 879,000 | 1,860,000 | 2,145,000 | 2,186,000 | 2,236,000 | 3,021,000 | 3,315,000 | 2,800,000 | 3,230,000 | 3,197,000 | 2,642,000 | 3,024,000 | 3,024,000 | 2,751,000 | 2,377,000 |
| Receivables | US$ in thousands | 1,149,000 | 1,118,000 | 1,013,000 | 1,078,000 | 1,110,000 | 1,177,000 | 1,346,000 | 1,354,000 | 1,154,000 | 1,467,000 | 1,233,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,040,000 | 1,316,000 | 1,389,000 | 1,692,000 | 1,357,000 | 1,479,000 | 1,328,000 | 937,000 |
| Total current liabilities | US$ in thousands | 10,921,000 | 10,994,000 | 10,892,000 | 13,901,000 | 12,276,000 | 13,489,000 | 14,113,000 | 12,225,000 | 12,256,000 | 12,112,000 | 11,728,000 | 11,329,000 | 10,378,000 | 10,416,000 | 11,711,000 | 10,069,000 | 9,164,000 | 9,135,000 | 12,476,000 | 8,182,000 |
| Quick ratio | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 1.14 | 1.28 | 1.44 | 1.52 | 1.73 | 1.84 | 1.91 | 1.46 | 1.87 |
December 31, 2025 calculation
Quick ratio = (Cash + Short-term investments + Receivables) ÷ Total current liabilities
= ($3,231,000K
+ $0K
+ $1,149,000K)
÷ $10,921,000K
= 0.40
Peer comparison
Dec 31, 2025
Company name
Symbol
Quick ratio
Southwest Airlines Company
LUV
0.40
Alaska Air Group Inc
ALK
—
American Airlines Group
AAL
0.35
Delta Air Lines Inc
DAL
0.26
JetBlue Airways Corp
JBLU
0.71
SkyWest Inc
SKYW
0.58
United Airlines Holdings Inc
UAL
0.56