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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 24th will be given a dividend of $0.403 per share on Thursday, November 14th. This represents a $1.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.60%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 23rd. This is an increase from Delta Air Lines's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Delta Air Lines' Dividend History.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 14th. The transportation company reported $1.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.30. The transportation company earned $11.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.37 billion. Delta Air Lines had a net margin of 10.14% and a return on equity of 33.28%. Delta Air Lines's revenue for the quarter was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 14th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.75-7.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.19.

17 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Delta Air Lines' shares. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect Delta Air Lines' share price to reach $66.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.6% 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 stories about DAL stock have trended positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 17,920,000 shares, a decrease of 7.1% from the November 28th total of 19,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Delta Air Lines' Current Options Chain.

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Delta Air Lines' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Calamos Advisors LLC (0.22%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.06%), United Services Automobile Association (0.05%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.05%), Country Trust Bank (0.05%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Delta Air Lines stock include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Craig M Meynard, Daniel A Carp, Edward H Bastian, Francis S Blake, George N Mattson, Glen W Hauenstein, Joanne D Smith, Michael P Huerta, Paul A Jacobson, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Calamos Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, DNB Asset Management AS, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Bowling Portfolio Management 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, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sciencast Management LP, Red Spruce Capital LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Gradient Investments LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Inlet Private Wealth LLC, Trinity Legacy Partners LLC and AE Wealth Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Delta Air Lines stock in the last two years include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Francis S Blake and George N Mattson. 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 $62.03.

Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $40.12 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 89,000 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]