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 Friday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.305 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $1.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 10th. View Delta Air Lines' Dividend History.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 12th. The transportation company reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.01. The transportation company earned $9.97 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.89 billion. Delta Air Lines had a net margin of 8.37% and a return on equity of 26.19%. The company's revenue was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.77 earnings per share. View Delta Air Lines' Earnings History.

Delta Air Lines is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 11th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 12th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.80-2.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.93.

15 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Delta Air Lines' stock. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Delta Air Lines' stock price to reach $69.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 15,585,420 shares, an increase of 30.3% from the April 13th total of 11,959,015 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,573,050 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's stock are short sold.

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News stories about DAL stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Delta Air Lines earned a media sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company an impact score of 47.54 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact 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 BlackRock Inc. (4.97%), Boston Partners (1.68%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.11%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (1.03%), Northern Trust Corp (0.96%) and LSV Asset Management (0.60%). 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, Richard H Anderson, 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 BlackRock Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Natixis, Gendell Jeffrey L, MD Sass Investors Services Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., Element Capital Management LLC and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC. Company insiders that have sold Delta Air Lines company stock in the last year include Craig M Meynard, 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 Boston Partners, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank, CI Investments Inc. and Country Trust Bank. 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 $53.40.

Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $37.54 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]