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Southwest Airlines Co. LUV
$ 41.14 0.98%

Quarterly report 2025-Q3
added 10-23-2025

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Southwest Airlines Co. Cost of Revenue 2011-2025 | LUV

Cost of Revenue is a financial metric that reflects all direct costs associated with the production of goods or the provision of services that directly led to revenue during the reporting period. It is the total amount of expenses incurred by the company to deliver its products or services, including both production costs and related expenses necessary for delivery or customer support.
What is included in the cost of revenue
Cost CategoryExamples
Production CostsMaterials, wages of production staff, depreciation of equipment
Service and SupportCustomer service, user support, technical assistance
Delivery and LogisticsPackaging, delivery of goods to customers
Hosting and InfrastructureServers, cloud platforms (especially for IT and SaaS companies)
Content and LicensesLicense purchases, production royalties (e.g., in streaming services)

Importance of the Metric
  • Helps to understand how costly the revenue-generating process is.
  • A high cost of revenue may indicate:
    Poor cost control
    Low operational efficiency
  • A low cost of revenue combined with high revenue indicates high profitability and business competitiveness.

Annual Cost of Revenue Southwest Airlines Co.

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
12.2 B 11.2 B 9.38 B 7.74 B 6.81 B 8.29 B 7.65 B 7.3 B 6.79 B 6.38 B 5.43 B 5.04 B 4.75 B 4.37 B

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum Minimum Average
12.2 B 4.37 B 7.38 B

Quarterly Cost of Revenue Southwest Airlines Co.

2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1
3.22 B 3.26 B 3.07 B 3 B 2.94 B 2.79 B 2.48 B - - 2.22 B 2.23 B - 2.12 B 1.82 B 1.57 B - 1.68 B 1.71 B 1.85 B - 2 B 2.07 B 1.98 B - 1.91 B 1.93 B 1.82 B - 1.79 B 1.86 B 1.73 B - 1.91 B 1.64 B 1.54 B - 1.7 B 1.61 B 1.42 B - 1.36 B 1.41 B 1.28 B - 1.27 B 1.3 B 1.18 B - 1.19 B 1.22 B 1.14 B - 1.15 B 1.12 B 954 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum Minimum Average
3.26 B 954 M 1.84 B

Cost of Revenue of other stocks in the Airlines industry

Issuer Cost of Revenue Price % 24h Market Cap Country
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings
AAWW
1.14 B - 0.03 % $ 2.93 B usaUSA
Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines
DAL
16.2 B $ 69.96 -0.85 % $ 44.8 B usaUSA
Allegiant Travel Company Allegiant Travel Company
ALGT
820 M $ 86.82 3.15 % $ 1.55 B usaUSA
Alaska Air Group Alaska Air Group
ALK
3.59 B $ 51.34 -2.3 % $ 6.48 B usaUSA
American Airlines Group American Airlines Group
AAL
16 B $ 15.05 0.58 % $ 9.89 B usaUSA
JetBlue Airways Corporation JetBlue Airways Corporation
JBLU
3.26 B $ 4.91 0.41 % $ 1.7 B usaUSA
Hawaiian Holdings Hawaiian Holdings
HA
952 M - - $ 929 M usaUSA
Spirit Airlines Spirit Airlines
SAVE
1.69 B - - $ 118 M usaUSA
SkyWest SkyWest
SKYW
1.46 B $ 105.57 -1.74 % $ 4.25 B usaUSA
United Airlines Holdings United Airlines Holdings
UAL
16.7 B $ 107.05 -1.24 % $ 35.2 B usaUSA