NYSE:DALDelta Air Lines Stock Price, Forecast & News

Delta Air Lines' stock was trading at $42.67 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DAL stock has decreased by 47.3% and is now trading at $22.48. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

16 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 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 8th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 14th. The transportation company reported $1.70 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.30. The transportation company earned $11.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.37 billion. Delta Air Lines had a return on equity of 33.32% and a net margin of 10.14%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.30 earnings per share. View Delta Air Lines' earnings history.

Delta Air Lines announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be given 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 7.16%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 19th. View Delta Air Lines' dividend history.

Delta Air Lines issued an update on 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 earnings per share estimate of $7.19.

16 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Delta Air Lines' stock. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect Delta Air Lines' stock price to reach $60.76 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 170.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Delta Air Lines.

News coverage about DAL stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutDelta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 28,600,000 shares, an increase of 27.1% from the February 13th total of 22,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,050,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 4.5% of the shares of the stock 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. 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 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 $22.48.

Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $14.39 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]