NYSE:DALDelta Air Lines Stock Price, Forecast & News

Delta Air Lines' stock was trading at $42.67 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DAL shares have decreased by 24.1% and is now trading at $32.38. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Delta Air Lines in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 9th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The transportation company reported ($0.51) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.72) by $0.21. The transportation company earned $8.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.33 billion. Delta Air Lines had a return on equity of 25.95% and a net margin of 7.76%. The company's revenue was down 18.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.96 EPS. View Delta Air Lines' earnings history.

Delta Air Lines declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.97%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 19th. View Delta Air Lines' dividend history.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Delta Air Lines' stock. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $76.00. On average, they anticipate Delta Air Lines' stock price to reach $53.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 65.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Delta Air Lines.

Media stories about DAL stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Delta Air Lines earned a news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutDelta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 28,520,000 shares, an increase of 25.4% from the April 30th total of 22,740,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 41,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days. Approximately 4.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Delta Air Lines' Current Options Chain.

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

Delta Air Lines' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.06%), Primecap Management Co. CA (4.48%), State Street Corp (3.03%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.30%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%) and Morgan Stanley (0.90%). Company insiders that own Delta Air Lines stock include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Craig M Meynard, Daniel A Carp, David S Taylor, Edward H Bastian, Francis S Blake, George N Mattson, Glen W Hauenstein, Jeanne P Jackson, 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Principal Financial Group Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Wellington Management Group LLP, AQR Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., and Mackenzie Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold Delta Air Lines company stock in the last year include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Edward H Bastian, Glen W Hauenstein, Rahul D Samant, W Gilbert West, and William C Carroll. View insider buying and selling activity for Delta Air Lines.

DAL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, U S Global Investors Inc., Chilton Investment Co. LLC, Tweedy Browne Co LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Polaris Capital Management LLC, and Invesco Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Delta Air Lines stock in the last two years include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, David S Taylor, Francis S Blake, George N Mattson, Jeanne P Jackson, and Michael P Huerta. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $32.38.

Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $20.65 billion and generates $47.01 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $4.77 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.31 on an earnings per share basis. Delta Air Lines employs 91,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Delta Air Lines is 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]