Southwest Airlines LUV
Southwest Airlines is the 401st largest S&P 500 company by market cap, worth $20.4 billion. 12 directors have filed with the SEC in the last 12 months (who counts), 1 of them an executive. 6 other officers are on file. At 30 Jun 2026, Vanguard was its largest institutional holder, with 12.2% of the company.
- CEO
- Robert E. Jordan
- Sector
- Industrials
- Sub-industry
- Passenger Airlines
- Headquarters
- Dallas, Texas
- Founded
- 1967
- More
- Wikipedia
- Market cap
- $20.4B
- 401st largest, 23 Oct 2026 close
- Price to sales
- 0.7
- Market cap over revenue
- Market cap per employee
- $281K
- Market cap over employees
- Connections
- 6
- S&P 500 companies sharing a director or officer
Largest institutional holders
Each fund group's share of Southwest Airlines. Where a company has several share classes, the share is of its total value.
13F filings for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026
Board and officers
4 people here also hold roles at other S&P 500 companies.
Roles filed up to 30 Sep 2026
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Directors (12) | |
| Robert E. JordanCEO & President | |
| Lisa M. AthertonDirectorAlso at Textron | |
| Pierre R. BreberDirectorAlso at Clorox and Paccar | |
| Douglas H. BrooksDirector | |
| Sarah FeinbergDirector | |
| Robert L. FornaroDirector | |
| David GrissenDirector | |
| David P. HessDirector | |
| Varun KrishnaDirector | |
| Jason T. LibertyDirectorAlso at Royal Caribbean Group | |
| Christopher P. ReynoldsDirector | |
| Patricia A. WatsonDirectorAlso at Global Payments and Rockwell Automation | |
| Officers (6) | |
| Tom DoxeyEVP, Chief Financial OfficerLast filed 7 Aug 2026 | |
| Justin JonesEVP & Chief Commercial OfficerLast filed 7 Aug 2026 | |
| Jimmy Ryan MartinezPrincipal Accounting OfficerLast filed 17 Sep 2026 | |
| Anthony RoachChief Customer & Brand OfficerLast filed 7 Aug 2026 | |
| Andrew M. WattersonChief Operating OfficerLast filed 7 Aug 2026 | |
| Lauren Tauscher WoodsEVP & CIOLast filed 7 Aug 2026 | |
Companies that share people with Southwest Airlines
Each person's title here, then at the other company.
- Clorox CLX
- Pierre R. Breber: Director here, Director there
- Global Payments GPN
- Patricia A. Watson: Director here, Director there
- Paccar PCAR
- Pierre R. Breber: Director here, Director there
- Rockwell Automation ROK
- Patricia A. Watson: Director here, Director there
- Royal Caribbean Group RCL
- Jason T. Liberty: Director here, President & CEO there
- Textron TXT
- Lisa M. Atherton: Director here, President and CEO there
Southwest Airlines' market cap since December 2008
Marked weeks are changes in the share count, such as a merger, not market moves.
Weekly, up to 23 Oct 2026
| Week ending | Market cap |
|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | $20.4B |
| 26 Dec 2025 | $21.4B |
| 27 Dec 2024 | $20.4B |
| 29 Dec 2023 | $17.2B |
| 30 Dec 2022 | $20.0B |
| 31 Dec 2021 | $25.4B |
| 25 Dec 2020 | $27.3B |
| 27 Dec 2019 | $28.6B |
| 28 Dec 2018 | $26.3B |
| 29 Dec 2017 | $38.8B |
| 30 Dec 2016 | $30.7B |
| 25 Dec 2015 | $28.6B |
| 26 Dec 2014 | $28.4B |
| 27 Dec 2013 | $13.1B |
| 28 Dec 2012 | $7.5B |
| 30 Dec 2011 | $6.7B |
| 31 Dec 2010 | $9.7B |
| 25 Dec 2009 | $8.6B |
| 26 Dec 2008 | $6.0B |
Download Southwest Airlines' data as JSON, with the weekly market caps in billions of dollars from 5 Dec 2008.
Workforce
Headcount at 31 Dec 2025
- Employees
- 72,790
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had 72,790 active full-time equivalent Employees, consisting of 32,214 air operations (including Pilots, Flight Attendants, Dispatchers, Flight Simulator Technicians, Flight Crew Training Instructors, and Meteorologists), 21,734 ground operations (including Ramp, Operations, Provisioning, Freight Agents, and Customer Service Agents), 2,629 Customer Representatives and Source of Support Representatives, 3,727 maintenance and engineering (including Material Specialists, Mechanics, Aircraft Appearance Technicians, and Facilities Maintenance Technicians), and 12,486 additional “noncontract” Employees.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sales by directors and officers. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are left out.
Trades from 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026
Directors and officers sold $306,534 of stock in 2 sales and made no open-market purchases in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026.
| Date | Person | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Apr 2026Sale | Lisa M. AthertonDirector | $4K |
| 5 Dec 2025Sale | Justin JonesEVP & Chief Commercial Officer | $302K |
Trades by members of Congress and officials
Trades members of Congress and senior executive branch officials disclosed, including their families'. Amounts are filed as ranges.
Trades from 20 Oct 2023 to 20 Oct 2026
5 people disclosed 8 purchases and 5 sales of Southwest Airlines stock since October 2023.
| Date | Member or official | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2026 | Matthew Robert Van EppsHouse, R-TN · Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 11 May 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 5 Sep 2025 | Gilbert CisnerosHouse, D-CA · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 5 Aug 2025 | Gilbert CisnerosHouse, D-CA · Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 3 Jul 2025 | Gilbert CisnerosHouse, D-CA · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Gilbert CisnerosHouse, D-CA · Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA · Sold | $1K to $15K |
Showing 10 of 13 trades
Not on file: no WARN layoff notices under its own name since October 2023.