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Southwest Airlines LUV Operating Cash Flow

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$7.2B+12.8%
Operating income$330.0M+248%
Net income$227.0M+252%
EPS (diluted)$0.45+273%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.3B-59.1%
Total debt$6.4B-20.0%
Total equity$6.9B-26.6%
Total assets$29.4B-11.6%

Cash flow

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CapEx$630.0M+19.5%
Free cash flow$788.0M+137%

Valuation

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Market cap$23.67B+22.2%
Enterprise value$26.74B+26.0%
P/E29×-20.4×
P/S0.8×+0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin3.4%+1.6pp
Net margin2.8%+0.8pp
FCF margin-1.4%-0.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.1%+4.5pp
Debt / equity0.9×+0.1×
Current ratio0.5×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Southwest Airlines in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

The official record: Southwest Airlines’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow?
Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported operating cash flow of $1.42B in Q1 2026.
How has Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?
Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow increased by 64.9% year-over-year, from $860M to $1.42B.
What is the long-term trend for Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow has grown at a -5.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.32B to $1.84B.
What does operating cash flow mean?
Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.