All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
LUV real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, LUV returned +29.34% over the past year and +0.45% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 21, 1972, LUV is up +30,283.50% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.02%/yr, and is currently −47.31% below its real total-return high on Jan. 2, 2018.
Data ending Fri Oct. 2, 2026
| Fri 1972-01-21💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
+30,283.50%
+11.02%/yr |
+10.48%/yr
R2=0.841 |
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| Fri 1972-01-21💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
$10,000.00
1972-01-21 |
$3,038,350.46
2026-10-02 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| LUV × | +0.45% | +29.34% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
−47.31%
on 2026-10-02 from 2018-01-02 peak |
−82.13%
on 2009-03-05 from 2001-01-05 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-10-02 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × | +29.34% |
+40.33% +18.46%/yr |
+52.55% +15.12%/yr |
−30.48% −7.01%/yr |
−11.16% −1.18%/yr |
| Year | LUV |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.45% |
| 2025 | +22.35% |
| 2024 | +15.78% |
| 2023 | −14.67% |
| 2022 | −26.18% |
| 2021 | −14.13% |
| 2020 | −14.49% |
| 2019 | +15.09% |
| 2018 | −29.56% |
| 2017 | +29.66% |
| 2016 | +14.43% |
| 2015 | +1.69% |
| 2014 | +124.61% |
| 2013 | +82.84% |
| 2012 | +18.04% |
| 2011 | −35.82% |
| 2010 | +12.07% |
| 2009 | +29.42% |
| 2008 | −29.29% |
| 2007 | −23.39% |
| 2006 | −8.93% |
| 2005 | −2.29% |
| 2004 | −2.18% |
| 2003 | +14.12% |
| 2002 | −26.44% |
| 2001 | −18.51% |
| 2000 | +101.34% |
| 1999 | +3.95% |
| 1998 | +36.21% |
| 1997 | +65.38% |
| 1996 | −7.05% |
| 1995 | +34.74% |
| 1994 | −56.29% |
| 1993 | +85.22% |
| 1992 | +68.45% |
| 1991 | +89.92% |
| 1990 | +3.67% |
| 1989 | +13.91% |
| 1988 | +46.09% |
| 1987 | −37.47% |
| 1986 | −23.66% |
| 1985 | +18.26% |
| 1984 | −21.70% |
| 1983 | +23.61% |
| 1982 | +79.00% |
| 1981 | −7.22% |
| 1980 | +116.76% |
| 1979 | +2.96% |
| 1978 | −26.61% |
| 1977 | +56.12% |
| 1976 | +90.72% |
| 1975 | +180.54% |
| 1974 | −10.98% |
| 1973 | −8.02% |
| 1972 | −3.28% |
