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LUV Industrials Airlines
Southwest Airlines Co.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $28.1 billion, up 2.11% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +21.2%
- EPS
- +450.0%
- Free cash flow
- +46.9%
- Total debt
- +43.5%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Return on assets
Southwest Airlines Co.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.58%, up 2.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.41%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.2% (fiscal 2020) to 13.9% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Airlines industry median of 1.28% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.
Return on assets, annual
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| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.41% | 0.03 |
| FY2024 | 1.38% | 0.03 |
| FY2023 | 1.35% | (0.15) |
| FY2022 | 1.50% | (1.26) |
| FY2021 | 2.76% | 12.92 |
| FY2020 | −10.2% | (18.98) |
| FY2019 | 8.82% | (0.78) |
| FY2018 | 9.60% | (4.27) |
| FY2017 | 13.9% | 4.08 |
| FY2016 | 9.79% | (0.84) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare | 10.1% |
| CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare | 9.54% |
| LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. compare | 8.68% |
| SKYW SkyWest, Inc. compare | 5.61% |
| UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc compare | 4.43% |
| DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. compare | 3.97% |
| LUV Southwest Airlines Co. | 3.58% |
| AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare | −0.76% |
| ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare | −1.92% |
| Airlines industry median | 1.28% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.20% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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