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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 26th will be given 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 2.73%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 25th. This is a boost from Delta Air Lines's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31. View Delta Air Lines' Dividend History.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 12th. The transportation company reported $1.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.72 by $0.05. The transportation company had revenue of $11.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.73 billion. Delta Air Lines had a return on equity of 26.44% and a net margin of 7.72%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.64 EPS. 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 earnings per share estimate of $5.69. Delta Air Lines also updated its Q3 guidance to $1.65-1.85 EPS.

15 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Delta Air Lines' shares. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Delta Air Lines' share price to reach $66.8571 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.2% 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 in 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 daily 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 stock are sold short. View Delta Air Lines' Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about DAL stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive 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 assigned headlines about the transportation company an impact score of 46.62 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Delta Air Lines' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Howard Capital Management Inc. (0.03%), 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%) and American National Bank (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., Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc., Bremer Trust National Association, Investment House LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Howard Capital Management Inc., Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Polianta Ltd, XR Securities LLC, Denali Advisors LLC and CENTRAL TRUST Co. 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 $51.35.

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]