Delta Air LinesDAL

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$86.82−4.50 (−4.93%)

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NYSE · Industrials · Passenger Airlines · Large company

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What would change it

Sources

From the 10-Q for the quarter to Sep 30, reported Oct 9
Yahoo Finance daily closes to Nov 11

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below7%
sales growth

Compared with the S&P 500

7 points
worse in one day
17 points
worse in five trading days

+52.0% in a yearsince Nov 11, 2025

Earnings report

The news behind our call

written Sep 22, 9:58 AM ETSep 22, 9:58 AM ET · 5 articles · 4 sources

Delta is cutting 17 routes.

What changed

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Market Chatter: Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic to challenge Heathrow Terminal move
Yesterday
Delta Air Lines (DAL) stock may be undervalued after Falling Oil prices
Monday
Delta Air Lines stocks rise 4.68% as Oil Retreats toward $87
Monday
Delta Air Lines stock: Analyst estimates & Ratings
Nov 3
Went ex-dividend: $0.215 a share
Paid Nov 5.
Dividend · Oct 15
Delta Air Lines quietly ends 17 routes while adding new flights
Sep 21
Delta Air Lines boosts LAX Presence with Biggest-Ever Schedule
Sep 21
Delta Air Lines: I expect shares to Lose Altitude in Q4
Sep 21

Overview

In plain numbers

Revenue grew 14.1% from a year earlier, to $71.8B in the last twelve months.
It keeps 7 cents of every revenue dollar as operating profit, up from a loss of 7 cents in FY 2021.
It turned 4.2% of revenue into free cash flow: $3.0B in the last twelve months.
It owes $19.9B and holds $3.8B in cash and investments, so net debt is $16.1B.

Key figures

Revenue (TTM): $71.8B
Revenue growth, 1 year: +14.1%
Net income: $3.3B
EPS (diluted): $5.01
Gross margin: 17.9%
Operating margin: 7.3%

Return on equity: 15.9%
Return on capital: 10.2%
Debt / equity: 0.89
Current ratio: 0.40
Dividend yield: 0.99%
Buyback yield: -0.69%

Revenue by business

period ending Sep 30, 2026

Passenger$56.4B · 79%
Other$14.4B · 20%
Cargo$1.1B · 1.5%

Key facts

Company value: $57.4B
Price / last year's earnings: 14.3×
Today's range: 86.5491.04
Past year's range: 55.1793.17

Yesterday's close: $91.32
Swings vs the market: 1.3×about the same
Dividend yield: 0.99%$0.86 a year