Southwest Airlines Company (LUV)
Return on equity (ROE)
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (ttm) | US$ in thousands | 441,000 | 379,000 | 392,000 | 546,000 | 464,000 | -49,000 | 77,000 | 393,000 | 465,000 | 497,000 | 581,000 | 658,000 | 539,000 | 827,000 | 996,000 | 584,000 | 978,000 | 2,000 | -1,601,000 | -2,864,000 |
| Total stockholders’ equity | US$ in thousands | 7,981,000 | 7,776,000 | 8,000,000 | 9,365,000 | 10,350,000 | 10,411,000 | 10,465,000 | 10,196,000 | 10,515,000 | 11,054,000 | 10,789,000 | 10,302,000 | 10,687,000 | 10,924,000 | 11,120,000 | 10,417,000 | 10,414,000 | 10,250,000 | 9,688,000 | 9,093,000 |
| ROE | 5.53% | 4.87% | 4.90% | 5.83% | 4.48% | -0.47% | 0.74% | 3.85% | 4.42% | 4.50% | 5.39% | 6.39% | 5.04% | 7.57% | 8.96% | 5.61% | 9.39% | 0.02% | -16.53% | -31.50% |
December 31, 2025 calculation
ROE = Net income (ttm) ÷ Total stockholders’ equity
= $441,000K ÷ $7,981,000K
= 5.53%
Peer comparison
Dec 31, 2025
Company name
Symbol
ROE
Southwest Airlines Company
LUV
5.53%
Alaska Air Group Inc
ALK
—
American Airlines Group
AAL
—
Delta Air Lines Inc
DAL
24.12%
JetBlue Airways Corp
JBLU
-20.66%
SkyWest Inc
SKYW
16.23%
United Airlines Holdings Inc
UAL
21.94%