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

Company Overview

Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major U.S. airline that provides scheduled passenger and air freight transportation. The company serves destinations throughout the United States and connects customers to international markets across Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada, Africa and the Caribbean through its own operations and regional airline partners.

Delta offers multiple classes of passenger service, including premium cabins and its main cabin, along with travel-related products such as vacation packages and loyalty benefits through the SkyMiles program. The company also operates Delta Cargo, which transports freight and mail, and provides aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services through its Delta TechOps division.

Delta traces its history to an agricultural aviation operation established in 1924 and began passenger service in 1929. Its principal hub is in Atlanta, with additional hubs and focus cities in the United States. Delta is led by Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $76.12 to $78.58
• 50-Day Range: $76.38 to $92.10
• 52-Week Range: $55.03 to $95.68
• Volume: 6.50 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.40 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $50.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.55
• Dividend Yield: 1.12%
• Price Target: $99.65
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Delta Air Lines Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Delta Air Lines scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 655 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Delta Air Lines has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 22 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $99.65, representing about 30.1% upside from its current price of $76.62.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Delta Air Lines has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 35.39%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Delta Air Lines are expected to grow by 35.39% in the coming year, from $5.34 to $7.23 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Delta Air Lines is 14.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Delta Air Lines is 14.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.59.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Delta Air Lines has a PEG Ratio of 1.42. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Delta Air Lines has a P/B Ratio of 2.24. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.92% 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 2.94, 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 decreased by 2.49%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Delta Air Lines pays a meaningful dividend of 1.08%, 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 17.17%. 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 11.89% next year. This indicates that Delta Air Lines will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.05

News Sentiment

Delta Air Lines has a news sentiment score of -0.05. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 103 news articles for Delta Air Lines this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

51 people have searched for DAL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 9% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

26 people have added Delta Air Lines to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 333% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

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 $33,081,037.00 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/30 Dividend: 7/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/30 Dividend: 7/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/09/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Record date for 11/5 Dividend: 10/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/5 Dividend: 10/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Passenger Airlines
• Sub-Industry: Passenger Airlines
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DAL
• CIK: 27904
• Web: www.delta.com
• Phone: (404) 715-2600
• Fax: 404-715-5042
• Employees: 100,000
• Year Founded: 1925

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Delta Air Lines: $99.65
• High Price Target: $125.00
• Low Price Target: $73.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +30.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 24 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.01
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.55
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.35
• P/E Growth: 1.42
• Net Income: $5.01 billion
• Net Margins: 4.58%
• Pretax Margin: 6.10%
• Return on Equity: 16.83%
• Return on Assets: 4.26%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.42
• Current Ratio: 0.40
• Quick Ratio: 0.32

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $63.36 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.80
• Cash Flow: $9.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.32
• Book Value: $34.22 per share
• Price / Book: 2.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 657,910,000
• Free Float: 652,649,000
• Market Cap: $50.41 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.34