NYSE:DAL - Delta Air Lines Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Delta Air Lines announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, August 16th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 25th. This is a positive change from Delta Air Lines's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31. View Delta Air Lines' Dividend History.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 12th. The transportation company reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.72 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $11.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.73 billion. Delta Air Lines had a net margin of 7.72% and a return on equity of 26.75%. The firm's revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.64 EPS. View Delta Air Lines' Earnings History.

Delta Air Lines is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 9th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.35-5.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.69. Delta Air Lines also updated its Q3 guidance to $1.65-1.85 EPS.

15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Delta Air Lines' shares. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Delta Air Lines' share price to reach $66.8571 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

Delta Air Lines saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 13,414,363 shares, a decrease of 36.0% from the June 15th total of 20,970,868 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,703,632 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Delta Air Lines' Current Options Chain.

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Press coverage about DAL stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Delta Air Lines earned a daily sentiment score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company an impact score of 46.52 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Delta Air Lines' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Cambiar Investors LLC (0.10%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.07%), Pendal Group Ltd (0.06%), Patten & Patten Inc. TN (0.04%) and Howard Capital Management Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own Delta Air Lines stock include Craig M Meynard, 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 and W Gilbert West. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Delta Air Lines.

DAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, James Investment Research Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc., Bremer Trust National Association and Cambiar Investors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Delta Air Lines company stock in the last year include Edward H Bastian, Glen W Hauenstein, Joanne D Smith, Paul A Jacobson, Peter W Carter, Steven M Sear and W Gilbert West. View Insider Buying and Selling for Delta Air Lines.

DAL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Ltd, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Howard Capital Management Inc., Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Polianta Ltd and XR Securities LLC. Company insiders that have bought Delta Air Lines stock in the last two years include Douglas R Ralph, Francis S Blake, George N Mattson, John Ivan Babic and Paul A Jacobson. 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 $52.17.

Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $36.50 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.

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]