All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
LUV total return snapshot: LUV returned +16.92% over the past year and −9.24% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 21, 1972, LUV is up +1,927.80% in nominal total return, or +5.70%/yr, and is currently −37.44% below its total-return high on Jan. 2, 2018.
| Fri 1972-01-21? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
−9.24%
2026-05-19 |
+16.92%
2026-05-19 |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1972-01-21? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
+1,927.80%
+5.70%/yr |
+7.15%/yr
(R2=0.547) |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1972-01-21? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
$10,000.00
1972-01-21 |
$202,779.74
2026-05-19 |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | LUV |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −9.24% |
| 2025 | +25.62% |
| 2024 | +19.11% |
| 2023 | −11.82% |
| 2022 | −21.41% |
| 2021 | −8.09% |
| 2020 | −13.32% |
| 2019 | +17.72% |
| 2018 | −28.21% |
| 2017 | +32.40% |
| 2016 | +16.80% |
| 2015 | +2.44% |
| 2014 | +126.31% |
| 2013 | +85.59% |
| 2012 | +20.09% |
| 2011 | −33.91% |
| 2010 | +13.75% |
| 2009 | +32.94% |
| 2008 | −29.23% |
| 2007 | −20.26% |
| 2006 | −6.64% |
| 2005 | +1.06% |
| 2004 | +1.00% |
| 2003 | +16.26% |
| 2002 | −24.69% |
| 2001 | −17.25% |
| 2000 | +108.16% |
| 1999 | +6.73% |
| 1998 | +38.40% |
| 1997 | +68.19% |
| 1996 | −3.97% |
| 1995 | +38.17% |
| 1994 | −55.12% |
| 1993 | +90.30% |
| 1992 | +73.33% |
| 1991 | +95.74% |
| 1990 | +10.02% |
| 1989 | +19.17% |
| 1988 | +52.55% |
| 1987 | −34.70% |
| 1986 | −22.81% |
| 1985 | +22.75% |
| 1984 | −18.61% |
| 1983 | +28.30% |
| 1982 | +85.83% |
| 1981 | +1.07% |
| 1980 | −97.72% |
| 1979 | +16.67% |
| 1978 | −20.00% |
| 1977 | +66.67% |
| 1976 | +100.00% |
| 1975 | +199.99% |
| 1974 | +0.00% |
| 1973 | +0.00% |
| 1972 | +0.00% |
| Fri 1972-01-21? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
−37.44%
from 2018-01-02 peak |
−99.45%
1980-04-18 from 1978-08-03 peak |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × | +16.92% |
+40.03% +18.29%/yr |
+35.35% +10.61%/yr |
−33.23% −7.76%/yr |
−0.12% −0.01%/yr |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||