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 +60.96% over the past year and +22.16% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 21, 1972, LUV is down −100.00% in real purchasing-power return, or −19.34%/yr.
Data ending Fri Jun. 26, 2026
| Fri 1972-01-21💬 to Fri 2026-06-26 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
+22.16%
2026-06-26 |
+60.96%
2026-06-26 |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1972-01-21💬 to Fri 2026-06-26 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
−100.00%
−19.34%/yr |
−11.93%/yr
(R2=0.183) |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1972-01-21💬 to Fri 2026-06-26 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × |
$10,000.00
1972-01-21 |
$0.08
2026-06-26 |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | LUV |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +22.16% |
| 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 | +3.94% |
| 1998 | +36.21% |
| 1997 | +65.38% |
| 1996 | −7.06% |
| 1995 | +34.75% |
| 1994 | −56.29% |
| 1993 | +85.21% |
| 1992 | +68.45% |
| 1991 | +89.91% |
| 1990 | +3.68% |
| 1989 | +13.90% |
| 1988 | +46.10% |
| 1987 | −37.48% |
| 1986 | −23.64% |
| 1985 | +18.26% |
| 1984 | −21.71% |
| 1983 | +23.61% |
| 1982 | +78.97% |
| 1981 | −7.20% |
| 1980 | −100.00% |
| 1979 | −11.76% |
| 1978 | −8.26% |
| 1977 | −6.27% |
| 1976 | −4.64% |
| 1975 | −6.49% |
| 1974 | −10.98% |
| 1973 | −8.02% |
| 1972 | −3.28% |
| Fri 1972-01-21💬 to Fri 2026-06-26 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × | −100.00% |
−100.00%
1980-03-07 |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-06-26 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUV × | +60.96% |
+77.81% +33.35%/yr |
+47.88% +13.93%/yr |
−16.72% −3.59%/yr |
+9.72% +0.93%/yr |
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| Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
