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Delta Air Lines (DAL)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $58.42 | Market Cap: $37.9 Bil
Sector: Industrials | Industry: Passenger Airlines

Delta Air Lines (DAL)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $58.42
Market Cap: $37.9 Bil
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Passenger Airlines

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 12%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 7.8%, FCF Yield is 6.2%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -1.1%
Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -0.1%
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 12%, CFO LTM is 7.4 Bil, FCF LTM is 2.3 Bil
  
0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 12%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 7.8%, FCF Yield is 6.2%
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 12%, CFO LTM is 7.4 Bil, FCF LTM is 2.3 Bil
2 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -1.1%
3 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -0.1%

Market Valuation

 9/16/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$58.42$59.97$39.45$32.07$38.14
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)37.938.625.220.524.3
Total Debt ($ Bil)21.322.827.330.634.7
Total Cash ($ Bil)3.33.13.96.511.3
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)55.961.452.551.159.0
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM0.60.60.40.40.8
P/EBIT TTM6.07.24.07.114.8
P/E TTM8.411.25.615.988.8
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)1.61.41.41.11.6
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)11.410.210.08.312.1
P/E TTM (Sector)16.613.714.011.215.6
 9/16/2520242023
Share Price CYE$58.42$59.97$39.45
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)37.938.625.2
Total Debt ($ Bil)21.322.827.3
Total Cash ($ Bil)3.33.13.9
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)55.961.452.5
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM0.60.60.4
P/EBIT TTM6.07.24.0
P/E TTM8.411.25.6
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)1.61.41.4
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)11.410.210.0
P/E TTM (Sector)16.613.714.0

Business Description

Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Airline and Refinery. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
DAL Return-31%-3%-16%23%52%-3%6%
Peers Return-28%1%-21%-4%53%-11%-24%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: UAL, ULCC, DAL, LUV, AAL. See DAL Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/15/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

DALUALULCCLUVAALMedian
NameDelta Ai.United A.Frontier Southwes.American. 
Mkt Price58.42104.555.2831.4312.5331.43
Mkt Cap37.933.91.216.98.316.9
Rev LTM61,92457,9863,77827,47254,25054,250
Op Inc LTM5,7855,404-573182,7442,744
FCF LTM2,3324,044-429-2731,5631,563
FCF 3Y Avg1,4141,670-316-1,171904904
CFO LTM7,4039,649-2881,8504,0944,094
CFO 3Y Avg6,9278,061-1911,9003,4853,485

Growth & Margins

DALUALULCCLUVAALMedian
NameDelta Ai.United A.Frontier Southwes.American. 
Rev Chg LTM3.0%4.2%4.6%1.6%1.5%3.0%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg14.7%18.8%12.0%9.3%10.8%12.0%
Rev Chg Q-0.1%1.7%-4.5%-1.5%0.4%-0.1%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-0.0%0.4%-1.2%-0.4%0.1%-0.0%
Op Mgn LTM9.3%9.3%-1.5%1.2%5.1%5.1%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg9.5%9.5%0.3%0.7%6.6%6.6%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-0.3%-0.4%-2.6%-0.6%-0.4%-0.4%
CFO/Rev LTM12.0%16.6%-7.6%6.7%7.5%7.5%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg11.7%14.7%-5.2%7.3%6.5%7.3%
FCF/Rev LTM3.8%7.0%-11.4%-1.0%2.9%2.9%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg2.3%3.0%-8.6%-4.5%1.7%1.7%

Valuation

DALUALULCCLUVAALMedian
NameDelta Ai.United A.Frontier Southwes.American. 
Mkt Cap37.933.91.216.98.316.9
P/S0.60.60.30.60.20.6
P/EBIT6.06.1-46.325.33.36.0
P/E8.510.3-36.543.114.610.3
P/CFO5.13.5-4.29.12.03.5
Total Yield12.3%9.8%-2.7%4.8%6.9%6.9%
Dividend Yield0.5%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.0%0.0%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg4.5%6.8%-30.4%-6.2%9.0%4.5%
D/E0.61.04.00.34.51.0
Net D/E0.50.53.60.13.50.5

Returns

DALUALULCCLUVAALMedian
NameDelta Ai.United A.Frontier Southwes.American. 
1M Rtn-3.0%3.6%16.8%0.3%-4.9%0.3%
3M Rtn18.5%33.2%47.1%-1.3%15.0%18.5%
6M Rtn25.4%41.4%-14.1%-1.1%10.7%10.7%
12M Rtn30.8%108.2%22.5%12.1%17.2%22.5%
3Y Rtn86.4%178.9%-55.6%-3.2%-8.9%-3.2%
1M Excs Rtn-3.2%3.2%16.9%0.7%-4.5%0.7%
3M Excs Rtn13.9%30.6%43.3%-10.5%10.1%13.9%
6M Excs Rtn8.5%24.6%-28.6%-17.1%-2.0%-2.0%
12M Excs Rtn14.4%96.6%10.9%-7.5%-2.8%10.9%
3Y Excs Rtn21.3%103.8%-123.8%-75.8%-75.4%-75.4%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Airline54,66945,60526,67015,94546,910
Refinery7,57210,7066,0543,1435,558
Intersegment Sales/Other-4,193-5,729-2,825-1,993-5,461
Total58,04850,58229,89917,09547,007


Operating Income by Segment
$ Mil20242023202220212020
Airline5,1362,8841,888-12,2536,542
Refinery385777-2-21676
Total5,5213,6611,886-12,4696,618


Assets by Segment
$ Mil20242023202220212020
Airline71,52969,35570,41770,54862,793
Refinery2,1743,0392,0991,4481,739
Intersegment Sales/Other-59-106-57  
Total73,64472,28872,45971,99664,532


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity18,650,948
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-5.8%
Average Daily Volume6,142,817
Days-to-Cover Short Interest3.04
Basic Shares Quantity649,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares2.9%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
7/10/202512.0%9.6%6.2%
4/9/202523.4%13.8%35.3%
1/10/20259.0%7.7%7.8%
10/10/2024-1.1%10.8%18.9%
7/11/2024-4.0%-2.3%-15.2%
4/10/2024-2.3%-1.6%10.5%
1/12/2024-9.0%-11.8%-4.0%
10/12/2023-2.3%-7.9%-6.9%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive81213
# Negative161211
Median Positive5.1%7.1%9.1%
Median Negative-2.7%-2.9%-4.0%
Max Positive23.4%13.8%35.3%
Max Negative-9.0%-11.8%-15.2%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025710202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025409202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024211202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241010202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024711202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024410202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023212202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231012202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023713202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023413202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022210202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221013202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022713202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022413202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021211202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211013202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0HAUENSTEIN GLEN WPresident8292025Sell61.3110,000613,07013,324,893Form
1HUERTA MICHAEL P8202025Sell60.702,500151,7622,018,138Form
2Bastian Edward HChief Executive Officer7242025Sell56.2835,0001,969,97535,618,443Form
3Carter Peter WEVP - External Affairs7162025Sell57.1917,5501,003,68410,948,568Form
4Sear Steven MEVP - Global Sales & Distrib7152025Sell55.9618,0001,007,3525,456,770Form