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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$84.52 -0.02 (-0.03%)
As of 09:43 AM Eastern
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Key Stats

Today's Range
$84.70
$84.70
50-Day Range
$67.77
$93.75
52-Week Range
$50.44
$95.68
Volume
68,774 shs
Average Volume
9.61 million shs
Market Capitalization
$55.58 billion
P/E Ratio
14.01
Dividend Yield
1.02%
Price Target
$100.40
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Delta Air Lines Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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99th Percentile Overall Score

DAL MarketRank™: 

Delta Air Lines scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 2nd out of 133 stocks in the transportation sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Delta Air Lines has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.92, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 23 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $100.40, representing about 18.9% upside from its current price of $84.44.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Delta Air Lines has been the subject of 18 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Delta Air Lines' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Delta Air Lines are expected to grow by 31.23% in the coming year, from $6.66 to $8.74 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Delta Air Lines is 14.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.01.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Delta Air Lines is 14.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Transportation sector average P/E ratio of about 24.88.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Delta Air Lines has a PEG Ratio of 1.04. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Delta Air Lines has a P/B Ratio of 2.64. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Delta Air Lines' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.46% of the float of Delta Air Lines has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Delta Air Lines has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.01, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Delta Air Lines has recently increased by 25.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Delta Air Lines pays a meaningful dividend of 1.02%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Delta Air Lines has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Delta Air Lines is 14.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Delta Air Lines will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.84% next year. This indicates that Delta Air Lines will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Delta Air Lines' dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Delta Air Lines has a news sentiment score of 0.88. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Transportation companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 39 news articles for Delta Air Lines this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    64 people have searched for DAL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    32 people have added Delta Air Lines to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 45% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Delta Air Lines insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,036,638.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.80% of the stock of Delta Air Lines is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    69.93% of the stock of Delta Air Lines is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Delta Air Lines' insider trading history.
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Delta and United both saw earnings and margins hit by higher jet fuel costs this quarter, but Delta's refinery and hedging gains helped it outperform United's liquidity-based approach.
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Delta Air Lines Lives Up to Its Claims: Shares Can Keep Climbing
Delta Air Lines posted strong Q2 2026 results and raised guidance, driven by demand and premiumization, with analysts holding a Moderate Buy rating and price targets up to $110-$116.
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DAL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Delta Air Lines' stock was trading at $69.42 at the start of the year. Since then, DAL shares have increased by 21.6% and is now trading at $84.4350.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 9th. The transportation company reported $1.56 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.07. Delta Air Lines's revenue for the quarter was up 18.7% on a year-over-year basis.
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Delta Air Lines subsidiaries include Grupo Aeroméxico S.A.B. de C.V., Virgin Atlantic Airways, Northwest Airlines Corporation, Aero Assurance Ltd., DAL Global Technology Hub LLP, Delta Flight Products LLC, Delta Material Services LLC, and more.

Delta Air Lines' top institutional shareholders include Czech National Bank (0.03%), Kwmg LLC (0.02%), Focus Financial Network Inc. (0.01%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward H Bastian, Peter W Carter, Glen W Hauenstein, Allison C Ausband, Joanne D Smith, Steven M Sear, Alain Bellemare, John E Laughter, Erik Storey Snell, Michael P Huerta, David S Taylor, Rahul D Samant, Willie Cw Chiang and William C Carroll.
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Shares of DAL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Delta Air Lines investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Netflix (NFLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and ExxonMobil (XOM).

Company Calendar

Record date for 6/4 Dividend
5/14/2026
Ex-Dividend for 6/4 Dividend
5/14/2026
Dividend Payable
6/04/2026
Last Earnings
7/09/2026
Record date for 7/30 Dividend
7/09/2026
Ex-Dividend for 7/30 Dividend
7/09/2026
Today
7/21/2026
Dividend Payable
7/30/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
10/08/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
TRANS - AIRLINE
Sub-Industry
Airlines
Current Symbol
NYSE:DAL
CIK
27904
Employees
100,000
Year Founded
1925

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$125.00
Low Price Target
$70.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+18.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.92
Research Coverage
25 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$6.03
Trailing P/E Ratio
14.00
Forward P/E Ratio
12.68
P/E Growth
1.04
Net Income
$5.01 billion
Net Margins
5.79%
Pretax Margin
7.45%
Return on Equity
17.52%
Return on Assets
4.32%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.48
Current Ratio
0.42
Quick Ratio
0.35

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$63.36 billion
Price / Sales
0.88
Cash Flow
$9.59 per share
Price / Cash Flow
8.80
Book Value
$31.94 per share
Price / Book
2.64

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
657,620,000
Free Float
652,362,000
Market Cap
$55.53 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.29

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This page (NYSE:DAL) was last updated on 7/21/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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