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

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

Delta Air Lines declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Wednesday, November 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 6th. View Delta Air Lines' Dividend History.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 11th. The transportation company reported $1.80 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.06. The transportation company had revenue of $11.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.96 billion. Delta Air Lines had a net margin of 7.87% and a return on equity of 27.72%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.57 EPS. View Delta Air Lines' Earnings History.

Delta Air Lines is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 10th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Sunday, October, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.10-1.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.25. The company issued revenue guidance of +8% to $11.06 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.74 billion.

15 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Delta Air Lines' shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Delta Air Lines' stock price to reach $68.4286 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Delta Air Lines.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Delta Air Lines in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Delta Air Lines.

News headlines about DAL stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Delta Air Lines earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Delta Air Lines saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 15,138,772 shares, a decrease of 21.7% from the September 28th total of 19,337,802 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,512,429 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Delta Air Lines' Current Options Chain.

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Delta Air Lines' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.39%), Primecap Management Co. CA (4.16%), Lansdowne Partners UK LLP (3.84%), Newport Trust Co (2.08%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.13%). Company insiders that own Delta Air Lines stock include Craig M Meynard, Daniel A Carp, Douglas R Ralph, Edward H Bastian, Francis S Blake, George N Mattson, Glen W Hauenstein, Joanne D Smith, John Ivan Babic, Paul A Jacobson, Peter W Carter, Shirley C Franklin, Steven M Sear, W Gilbert West 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Lansdowne Partners UK LLP, FMR LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Strs Ohio, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have sold Delta Air Lines company stock in the last year include Craig M Meynard, Daniel A Carp, Edward H Bastian, Glen W Hauenstein, Joanne D Smith, Paul A Jacobson, Peter W Carter, Steven M Sear, W Gilbert West and William H Easter III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Delta Air Lines.

DAL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Primecap Management Co. CA, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Delta Air Lines stock in the last two years include Douglas R Ralph, Francis S Blake, George N Mattson and John Ivan Babic. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.10.

Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $38.87 billion and generates $41.24 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $3.58 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.93 on an earnings per share basis. Delta Air Lines employs 86,564 workers across the globe.

The official website for Delta Air Lines is http://www.delta.com.

Delta Air Lines' mailing address is 1030 DELTA BOULEVARD, ATLANTA GA, 30320. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 404-715-2600 or via email at [email protected]