Exited position

Warren Buffett’s Southwest Airls Co (LUV) position

Reported position history, portfolio importance and verified filing changes from public SEC disclosures.

Berkshire HathawayVerified through Q2 2026
Relationship snapshot

At a glance

The full verified relationship, including prior ownership episodes and exits where supported.

First reportedQ4 2016Earliest verified positive filing snapshot
Latest statusExited positionBased on the latest supported relationship state
Peak shares56.55MHighest verified quarter-end share count
Quarters reported14Verified quarters with shares above zero
What happened?

Berkshire Hathaway first reported Southwest Airls Co in Q4 2016. The reported position was increased and reduced across later filings. The latest verified relationship event shows that Berkshire Hathaway sold the entire position in Q2 2020, and the stock is no longer reported in the latest verified portfolio.

Verified SEC history

Position over time

See the same verified relationship through reported shares, portfolio weight or reported value.

Metric

Gaps indicate periods that cannot be safely connected or where a verified corporate action changes the raw share scale. Stock price, when available, is market context and not a transaction price.

Key filing events

What changed

Latest filing plus the most meaningful reported changes. Unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Q2 2020
Sold the entire position−53.64M shares · No shares reported at quarter-end
Q1 2020
Sold 0.01% of the position−6.50K shares · 53.64M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $35.61 · Estimated holding basis $50.31

Q1 2019
Sold 2.2% of the position−1.20M shares · 53.65M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $51.91 · Estimated holding basis $50.31

Q4 2018
Sold 2.1% of the position−1.20M shares · 54.85M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $46.48 · Estimated holding basis $50.31

Q3 2018
Sold 0.9% of the position−500.00K shares · 56.05M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $62.45 · Estimated holding basis $50.31

Q2 2018
Bought 18.6% more+8.89M shares · 56.55M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $50.88 · Estimated holding basis $50.31

7 unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Portfolio importance

How important was Southwest Airls Co in Berkshire Hathaway’s reported portfolio?

Relative importance is measured only within the verified primary non-option reported portfolio for each quarter.

Last reported portfolio weight1.1%Q1 2020
Last reported rank#15of 50 reported positions
Peak portfolio weight1.8%Q2 2017
Best historical rank#11Q2 2017
At peak importanceQ2 2017
LUV
1.8%
Largest holding
17.2%
Cross-investor discovery

Who else owns Southwest Airls Co?

Also reported by 2 other tracked investors in their latest verified filings.

Ray DalioBridgewater Associates, LP
LUV0.2% of reported portfolio
Joel GreenblattGotham Asset Management
LUV0.1% of reported portfolio
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SEC evidence & methodology

SEC filing evidence

Market context and filing-derived values are kept separate from actual transaction prices, which 13F filings do not disclose.

Latest verified stock price$39.242026-09-11

Market context only; not an investor transaction price.

Latest verified investor filingQ2 2026 · filed 2026-08-14
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This tracker follows Berkshire Hathaway’s Form 13F disclosures. It is not Warren Buffett’s personal brokerage account, and 13F filings do not reveal exact trade dates or execution prices.