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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 12th. The transportation company reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.72 by $0.05. The transportation company had revenue of $11.78 billion for 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 26.44%. Delta Air Lines's quarterly revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.64 earnings per share. 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 EPS guidance of $5.35-5.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.69. Delta Air Lines also updated its Q3 guidance to $1.65-1.85 EPS.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Delta Air Lines' shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Delta Air Lines' share price to reach $67.4286 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.8% 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 during the month of 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 trading volume of 6,703,632 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Delta Air Lines' Current Options Chain.

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News stories about DAL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Delta Air Lines earned a media sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 46.11 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Delta Air Lines' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Investment House LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.01%), Norman Fields Gottscho Capital Management LLC (0.01%), American National Bank (0.01%) and Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.01%). 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 NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Bremer Trust National Association, Investment House LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. and Atria Investments 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Polianta Ltd, XR Securities LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, CENTRAL TRUST Co and New England Research & Management Inc.. 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 $50.77.

Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $35.61 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]