All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

LUV: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

LUV real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, LUV returned +18.09% over the past year and −6.05% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 21, 1972, LUV is up +166.22% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.81%/yr, and is currently −66.39% below its real total-return high on Aug. 3, 1978.

Data ending Thu Aug. 27, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1972-01-21💬 to Thu 2026-08-27 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
LUV × 		+166.22%
+1.81%/yr 		+3.67%/yr
R2=0.220
Southwest Airlines Company NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 1972-01-21💬 to Thu 2026-08-27 Start
Value 		End
Value
LUV × 		$10,000.00
1972-01-21 		$26,622.42
2026-08-27

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-27

  YTD YoY
LUV × 		−6.05% +18.09%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
LUV × 		−66.39%
on 2026-08-27
from 1978-08-03 peak 		−99.55%
on 1980-04-21
from 1978-08-03 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-08-27 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
LUV × 		+18.09% +33.91%
+15.72%/yr 		+24.59%
+7.60%/yr 		−30.77%
−7.09%/yr 		−11.13%
−1.17%/yr

Annual Returns

Year LUV
2026 (YTD) −6.05%
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 −97.97%
1979 +2.95%
1978 −26.60%
1977 +56.22%
1976 +90.72%
1975 +180.54%
1974 −10.98%
1973 −8.02%
1972 −3.28%