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. Investors 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 3.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 19th. View Delta Air Lines' Dividend History.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) released its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 14th. The transportation company reported $1.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.30. The transportation company earned $11.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.37 billion. Delta Air Lines had a net margin of 10.14% and a return on equity of 33.32%. The firm's revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.30 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.75-7.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.19.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Delta Air Lines' stock. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate Delta Air Lines' stock price to reach $66.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 45.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Delta Air Lines.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Delta Air Lines in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Delta Air Lines.

Media headlines about DAL stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Delta Air Lines earned a daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 22,870,000 shares, an increase of 9.5% from the January 30th total of 20,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,080,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Delta Air Lines' Current Options Chain.

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Delta Air Lines' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.08%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.27%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.27%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.11%), FMR LLC (0.93%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (0.89%). 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, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GQG Partners LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC and Captrust Financial Advisors. 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 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 $46.13.

Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $29.53 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.View Additional Information About Delta Air Lines.

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]