What is Southwest Airlines's deferred tax assets, valuation allowance?

Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported deferred tax assets, valuation allowance of $9.00M in Q4 2025.

What does deferred tax assets, valuation allowance mean?

The portion of tax assets that the company expects it will not be able to use to reduce future taxes.

This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.

StatementBalance Sheet Statement

SectionOther

CategoryRisk

SignalLower is better

VolatilityModerate

First reportedQ4 2024

Last reportedQ4 2025Feb 5, 2026

An increase indicates management's reduced confidence in generating sufficient future taxable income to utilize tax assets.

This represents the portion of deferred tax assets that the company believes is more likely than not to remain unrealize...

Common in companies with historical losses or volatile earnings profiles.

Metric ID: other_deferred_tax_assets_valuation_allowance

2 periods

	Q4 '24	Q4 '25
Value	$0.00	$9.00M

Range$0.00 – $9.00M

What is Southwest Airlines's deferred tax assets, valuation allowance?: Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported deferred tax assets, valuation allowance of $9.00M in Q4 2025.
What does deferred tax assets, valuation allowance mean?: The portion of tax assets that the company expects it will not be able to use to reduce future taxes.