NYSE:DAL - Delta Air Lines Stock Price, Forecast & News

Delta Air Lines trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DAL."

Delta Air Lines declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.4025 per share on Thursday, March 12th. This represents a $1.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 19th. View Delta Air Lines' Dividend History.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 14th. The transportation company reported $1.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.30. The transportation company had revenue of $11.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.37 billion. Delta Air Lines's revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.30 earnings per share. View Delta Air Lines' Earnings History.

Delta Air Lines is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 8th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.75-7.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.19.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Delta Air Lines' stock. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect Delta Air Lines' share price to reach $67.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Delta Air Lines.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Delta Air Lines in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Delta Air Lines.

Headlines about DAL stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Delta Air Lines earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 20,890,000 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the January 15th total of 18,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,940,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 3.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Delta Air Lines' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Delta Air Lines include Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Copa (CPA), Hawaiian (HA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SkyWest (SKYW), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and United Continental (UAL).

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Delta Air Lines' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.08%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.11%), FMR LLC (0.93%), AQR Capital Management LLC (0.89%), LSV Asset Management (0.68%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.65%). Company insiders that own Delta Air Lines stock include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Craig M Meynard, Daniel A Carp, Edward H Bastian, Francis S Blake, George N Mattson, Glen W Hauenstein, Joanne D Smith, Michael P Huerta, Peter W Carter, Rahul D Samant, Steven M Sear, W Gilbert West, William C Carroll and William H Easter III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Delta Air Lines.

DAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, FMR LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, State of Michigan Retirement System and Sound Shore Management Inc. CT. Company insiders that have sold Delta Air Lines company stock in the last year include Edward H Bastian, Glen W Hauenstein, Joanne D Smith, Michael P Huerta, Peter W Carter, Rahul D Samant, Steven M Sear, W Gilbert West and William C Carroll. View Insider Buying and Selling for Delta Air Lines.

DAL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GQG Partners LLC, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC, Captrust Financial Advisors, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have bought Delta Air Lines stock in the last two years include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Francis S Blake, George N Mattson and Michael P Huerta. View Insider Buying and Selling for Delta Air Lines.

Shares of DAL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.90.