Southwest Retained Earnings from 2010 to 2025

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Southwest Airlines Retained Earnings yearly trend continues to be fairly stable with very little volatility. Retained Earnings are likely to outpace its year average in 2025. Retained Earnings is the cumulative amount of net income that Southwest Airlines retains for reinvestment in its operations, rather than distributing it to shareholders as dividends. View All Fundamentals

Retained Earnings

First Reported

1985-12-31

Previous Quarter

16.2 B

Current Value

16.3 B

Quarterly Volatility

5.6 B

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Latest Southwest Airlines' Retained Earnings Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Retained Earnings of Southwest Airlines over the last few years. It is the cumulative amount of net income that a company retains for reinvestment in its operations, rather than distributing it to shareholders as dividends. Southwest Airlines' Retained Earnings historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in Southwest Airlines' overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.

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Last Reported 16.33 B

10 Years Trend

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Retained Earnings

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Southwest Retained Earnings Regression Statistics

	Arithmetic Mean	11,951,137,500
	Geometric Mean	9,272,863,528
	Coefficient Of Variation	45.38
	Mean Deviation	4,695,295,312
	Median	14,777,000,000
	Standard Deviation	5,423,185,658
	Sample Variance	29410942.7T
	Range	17.7B
	R-Value	0.91
	Mean Square Error	5326465.7T
	R-Squared	0.83
	Slope	1,038,372,059
	Total Sum of Squares	441164140.2T

Southwest Retained Earnings History

	2025	17.1 B
	2024	16.3 B
	2023	16.3 B
	2022	16.3 B
	2021	15.8 B
	2020	14.8 B
	2019	17.9 B

Other Fundumenentals of Southwest Airlines

Retained Earnings Total Equity

Southwest Airlines Retained Earnings component correlations

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Accounts Payable	Current Deferred Revenue	Common Stock	Long Term Debt	Treasury Stock	Property Plant Equipment	Short Term Investments	Net Tangible Assets	Good Will	Long Term Debt Total	Capital Surpluse	Deferred Long Term Liab	Accumulated Depreciation	Long Term Investments	Short Long Term Debt	Cash And Equivalents	Net Invested Capital	Net Working Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		0.88	0.05	0.71	0.72	0.8	0.76	0.13	0.08	0.21	0.51	0.73	0.8	-0.74	0.74	0.8	0.65	0.64	0.48	0.49	-0.13	-0.81	0.57	-0.25	0.63	0.56	0.68	0.24
Total Stockholder Equity	0.88		-0.02	0.78	0.66	0.71	0.57	0.27	0.17	0.33	0.57	0.86	0.55	-0.69	0.93	0.64	0.66	0.8	0.3	0.36	0.01	-0.74	0.68	0.0	0.46	0.31	0.36	0.28
Net Debt	0.05	-0.02		-0.43	-0.56	-0.51	-0.49	-0.71	0.3	0.57	-0.78	-0.15	-0.25	0.48	-0.23	0.11	-0.53	-0.04	-0.7	-0.78	0.31	0.43	-0.52	-0.77	-0.59	-0.55	-0.18	-0.91
Retained Earnings	0.71	0.78	-0.43		0.89	0.85	0.7	0.61	-0.03	0.12	0.85	0.65	0.54	-0.95	0.83	0.46	0.78	0.59	0.56	0.66	-0.09	-0.94	0.85	0.4	0.59	0.48	0.38	0.55
Net Receivables	0.72	0.66	-0.56	0.89		0.93	0.9	0.67	-0.12	-0.08	0.87	0.59	0.76	-0.94	0.63	0.54	0.81	0.48	0.8	0.86	-0.26	-0.94	0.79	0.35	0.84	0.76	0.65	0.71
Total Liab	0.8	0.71	-0.51	0.85	0.93		0.94	0.57	-0.01	-0.09	0.88	0.74	0.83	-0.88	0.7	0.67	0.8	0.62	0.83	0.88	-0.3	-0.93	0.72	0.26	0.85	0.81	0.68	0.72
Total Current Assets	0.76	0.57	-0.49	0.7	0.9	0.94		0.47	-0.09	-0.23	0.77	0.55	0.94	-0.82	0.49	0.7	0.76	0.4	0.92	0.91	-0.36	-0.84	0.64	0.11	0.95	0.94	0.87	0.71
Short Term Debt	0.13	0.27	-0.71	0.61	0.67	0.57	0.47		0.08	0.04	0.7	0.46	0.23	-0.55	0.38	0.13	0.45	0.43	0.54	0.62	-0.19	-0.52	0.5	0.85	0.47	0.37	0.17	0.72
Intangible Assets	0.08	0.17	0.3	-0.03	-0.12	-0.01	-0.09	0.08		0.27	-0.09	0.3	-0.04	0.15	0.1	0.32	-0.15	0.36	-0.15	-0.17	-0.02	0.11	-0.12	-0.03	-0.18	-0.15	-0.13	-0.15
Accounts Payable	0.21	0.33	0.57	0.12	-0.08	-0.09	-0.23	0.04	0.27		-0.24	0.33	-0.21	0.08	0.19	0.28	-0.37	0.48	-0.48	-0.48	0.35	0.0	-0.18	-0.08	-0.42	-0.41	-0.16	-0.55
Current Deferred Revenue	0.51	0.57	-0.78	0.85	0.87	0.88	0.77	0.7	-0.09	-0.24		0.6	0.54	-0.83	0.68	0.38	0.77	0.51	0.74	0.86	-0.24	-0.83	0.76	0.57	0.72	0.65	0.36	0.84
Common Stock	0.73	0.86	-0.15	0.65	0.59	0.74	0.55	0.46	0.3	0.33	0.6		0.49	-0.51	0.82	0.66	0.53	0.97	0.35	0.41	-0.07	-0.63	0.48	0.19	0.44	0.33	0.29	0.4
Long Term Debt	0.8	0.55	-0.25	0.54	0.76	0.83	0.94	0.23	-0.04	-0.21	0.54	0.49		-0.7	0.42	0.74	0.69	0.32	0.84	0.78	-0.39	-0.73	0.53	-0.17	0.91	0.91	0.95	0.54
Treasury Stock	-0.74	-0.69	0.48	-0.95	-0.94	-0.88	-0.82	-0.55	0.15	0.08	-0.83	-0.51	-0.7		-0.72	-0.45	-0.86	-0.39	-0.71	-0.78	0.18	0.96	-0.87	-0.29	-0.76	-0.65	-0.58	-0.62
Property Plant Equipment	0.74	0.93	-0.23	0.83	0.63	0.7	0.49	0.38	0.1	0.19	0.68	0.82	0.42	-0.72		0.41	0.72	0.76	0.31	0.42	-0.04	-0.76	0.76	0.24	0.43	0.25	0.19	0.42
Short Term Investments	0.8	0.64	0.11	0.46	0.54	0.67	0.7	0.13	0.32	0.28	0.38	0.66	0.74	-0.45	0.41		0.32	0.62	0.45	0.42	-0.07	-0.55	0.25	-0.29	0.51	0.59	0.67	0.15
Net Tangible Assets	0.65	0.66	-0.53	0.78	0.81	0.8	0.76	0.45	-0.15	-0.37	0.77	0.53	0.69	-0.86	0.72	0.32		0.37	0.73	0.79	-0.22	-0.8	0.88	0.22	0.81	0.62	0.52	0.75
Good Will	0.64	0.8	-0.04	0.59	0.48	0.62	0.4	0.43	0.36	0.48	0.51	0.97	0.32	-0.39	0.76	0.62	0.37		0.18	0.26	0.02	-0.53	0.36	0.2	0.25	0.17	0.13	0.26
Long Term Debt Total	0.48	0.3	-0.7	0.56	0.8	0.83	0.92	0.54	-0.15	-0.48	0.74	0.35	0.84	-0.71	0.31	0.45	0.73	0.18		0.97	-0.47	-0.7	0.61	0.29	0.95	0.96	0.79	0.86
Capital Surpluse	0.49	0.36	-0.78	0.66	0.86	0.88	0.91	0.62	-0.17	-0.48	0.86	0.41	0.78	-0.78	0.42	0.42	0.79	0.26	0.97		-0.43	-0.77	0.67	0.39	0.93	0.91	0.69	0.91
Deferred Long Term Liab	-0.13	0.01	0.31	-0.09	-0.26	-0.3	-0.36	-0.19	-0.02	0.35	-0.24	-0.07	-0.39	0.18	-0.04	-0.07	-0.22	0.02	-0.47	-0.43		0.26	0.04	-0.13	-0.43	-0.48	-0.39	-0.39
Accumulated Depreciation	-0.81	-0.74	0.43	-0.94	-0.94	-0.93	-0.84	-0.52	0.11	0.0	-0.83	-0.63	-0.73	0.96	-0.76	-0.55	-0.8	-0.53	-0.7	-0.77	0.26		-0.79	-0.25	-0.74	-0.68	-0.61	-0.59
Long Term Investments	0.57	0.68	-0.52	0.85	0.79	0.72	0.64	0.5	-0.12	-0.18	0.76	0.48	0.53	-0.87	0.76	0.25	0.88	0.36	0.61	0.67	0.04	-0.79		0.37	0.65	0.48	0.37	0.66
Short Long Term Debt	-0.25	0.0	-0.77	0.4	0.35	0.26	0.11	0.85	-0.03	-0.08	0.57	0.19	-0.17	-0.29	0.24	-0.29	0.22	0.2	0.29	0.39	-0.13	-0.25	0.37		0.16	0.08	-0.23	0.62
Cash And Equivalents	0.63	0.46	-0.59	0.59	0.84	0.85	0.95	0.47	-0.18	-0.42	0.72	0.44	0.91	-0.76	0.43	0.51	0.81	0.25	0.95	0.93	-0.43	-0.74	0.65	0.16		0.93	0.85	0.81
Net Invested Capital	0.56	0.31	-0.55	0.48	0.76	0.81	0.94	0.37	-0.15	-0.41	0.65	0.33	0.91	-0.65	0.25	0.59	0.62	0.17	0.96	0.91	-0.48	-0.68	0.48	0.08	0.93		0.88	0.72
Net Working Capital	0.68	0.36	-0.18	0.38	0.65	0.68	0.87	0.17	-0.13	-0.16	0.36	0.29	0.95	-0.58	0.19	0.67	0.52	0.13	0.79	0.69	-0.39	-0.61	0.37	-0.23	0.85	0.88		0.42
Capital Stock	0.24	0.28	-0.91	0.55	0.71	0.72	0.71	0.72	-0.15	-0.55	0.84	0.4	0.54	-0.62	0.42	0.15	0.75	0.26	0.86	0.91	-0.39	-0.59	0.66	0.62	0.81	0.72	0.42

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Southwest Airlines investors use historical fundamental indicators, such as Southwest Airlines' Retained Earnings, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Understanding over-time patterns can help investors decide on long-term investments in Southwest Airlines. Please read more on our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.

	Last Reported	Projected for Next Year
Retained Earnings	16.3 B	17.1 B
Retained Earnings Total Equity	18.7 B	11.2 B

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