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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Competitors

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DAL vs. AAL, ALGT, JBHT, JBLU, SKYW, UAL, ULCC, ALK, CPA, and LUV

Should you be buying Delta Air Lines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delta Air Lines include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Delta Air Lines vs. Its Competitors

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than American Airlines Group. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Delta Air Lines$61.64B0.62$3.46B$6.908.54
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.8015.41

Delta Air Lines currently has a consensus target price of $66.56, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $16.59, suggesting a potential upside of 34.54%. Given American Airlines Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Delta Air Lines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 7.24% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. Delta Air Lines' return on equity of 24.86% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Delta Air Lines7.24% 24.86% 5.01%
American Airlines Group 1.05%-24.55%1.68%

In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 31 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 13 mentions for American Airlines Group. Delta Air Lines' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.61 indicating that Delta Air Lines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Delta Air Lines
31 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Airlines Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Delta Air Lines beats American Airlines Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DAL vs. The Competition

MetricDelta Air LinesTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$39.02B$7.97B$7.17B$21.65B
Dividend Yield1.25%8,199.46%949.05%3.51%
P/E Ratio8.5413.2013.9630.23
Price / Sales0.622,857.06528.1358.72
Price / Cash5.935.197.9618.30
Price / Book2.492.842.474.66
Net Income$3.46B$587.12M$558.52M$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.94%-1.04%4.17%1.06%
1 Month Performance-4.39%-1.29%6.01%3.00%
1 Year Performance25.54%69.59%8.84%15.09%

Delta Air Lines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7869 of 5 stars
$58.93
-1.4%
$66.56
+13.0%
+27.5%$39.02B$61.64B8.54100,000Positive News
AAL
American Airlines Group
3.9605 of 5 stars
$12.51
-3.1%
$16.59
+32.7%
+13.1%$8.25B$54.21B15.63133,300
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
3.6886 of 5 stars
$61.41
-5.2%
$64.33
+4.8%
+33.2%$1.13B$2.51B-3.855,991
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.8711 of 5 stars
$136.20
-1.3%
$165.00
+21.1%
-21.6%$13.20B$12.06B24.7933,646Positive News
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.3614 of 5 stars
$4.92
-2.7%
$5.16
+5.0%
-12.1%$1.79B$9.14B-4.4722,793
SKYW
SkyWest
4.4256 of 5 stars
$104.61
-2.8%
$126.75
+21.2%
+27.3%$4.22B$3.84B10.6414,610
UAL
United Airlines
4.4041 of 5 stars
$104.17
-2.3%
$112.57
+8.1%
+103.8%$33.73B$57.06B10.44107,300Positive News
ULCC
Frontier Group
1.5724 of 5 stars
$5.28
+1.8%
$5.61
+6.4%
+19.0%$1.20B$3.78B-32.977,938
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8026 of 5 stars
$59.03
-6.8%
$71.15
+20.5%
+42.9%$6.82B$13.45B24.0533,941
CPA
Copa
4.7143 of 5 stars
$116.08
-1.8%
$154.40
+33.0%
+30.9%$4.78B$3.44B7.557,909Positive News
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.4655 of 5 stars
$31.24
-1.3%
$33.38
+6.8%
+12.0%$16.41B$27.48B47.3472,450Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DAL) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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