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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

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

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 7.24% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. 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
American Airlines Group1.26% -26.59% 1.91%
Delta Air Lines 7.24%24.86%5.01%

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
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.9013.58
Delta Air Lines$61.64B0.60$3.46B$6.908.22

American Airlines Group presently has a consensus price target of $15.89, suggesting a potential upside of 30.07%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $64.69, suggesting a potential upside of 14.06%. Given American Airlines Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Delta Air Lines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Delta Air Lines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 90 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 121 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 31 mentions for American Airlines Group. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Delta Air Lines' score of 0.65 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Delta Air Lines
52 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
36 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Delta Air Lines beats American Airlines Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$36.99B$7.56B$7.18B$20.63B
Dividend Yield1.06%8,199.92%922.80%3.72%
P/E Ratio8.2210.4713.2327.81
Price / Sales0.602,006.44361.1942.24
Price / Cash5.625.107.6217.96
Price / Book2.392.632.144.57
Net Income$3.46B$587.12M$559.82M$987.45M
7 Day Performance11.38%7.78%2.13%0.20%
1 Month Performance20.87%19.32%5.33%5.53%
1 Year Performance30.03%59.49%4.98%10.30%

Delta Air Lines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.686 of 5 stars
$56.72
-0.1%
$64.69
+14.1%
+30.0%$36.99B$61.64B8.22100,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.3578 of 5 stars
$11.55
-1.2%
$15.84
+37.2%
+14.4%$7.61B$54.21B12.83133,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.6278 of 5 stars
$56.47
-6.3%
$64.40
+14.0%
+9.7%$1.03B$2.56B-4.885,991Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.299 of 5 stars
$149.50
-2.2%
$163.19
+9.2%
-7.6%$14.83B$12.09B27.1433,646News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.1473 of 5 stars
$4.30
-3.7%
$5.16
+20.1%
-28.0%$1.53B$9.28B-5.2522,793
SKYW
SkyWest
3.3888 of 5 stars
$106.92
-0.8%
$120.50
+12.7%
+34.0%$4.33B$3.53B12.2314,610
UAL
United Airlines
4.6323 of 5 stars
$80.60
-2.1%
$104.50
+29.6%
+96.1%$26.29B$57.74B7.34107,300Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
ULCC
Frontier Group
3.9108 of 5 stars
$3.98
-4.2%
$5.67
+42.6%
-2.1%$905.35M$3.78B13.717,938News Coverage
Positive News
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.7743 of 5 stars
$50.30
-1.5%
$66.42
+32.0%
+36.8%$6.17B$11.74B18.2733,941News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CPA
Copa
4.5925 of 5 stars
$110.92
-0.6%
$153.00
+37.9%
+14.6%$4.56B$3.44B7.567,909
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.0137 of 5 stars
$33.60
-1.4%
$32.31
-3.8%
+34.9%$19.12B$27.48B39.4872,450Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:DAL) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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