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How major US stock indexes fared Friday 6/2/2023
S&P 500   4,282.37
DOW   33,762.76
QQQ   354.65
What Should Investors Make of These 3 Dividend Cuts?
"Unknown laser company making HUGE profit from Russia-Ukraine War" (Ad)
CrowdStrike: Another Tech Stock to Buy on the Dip 
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15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Constellation Brands Taps into Growth: Analysts Bullish on Stock
Salesforce: Time to Snap it Up as the Market Buys the Dip?
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Zscaler: Analysts Raise the Bar for the AI Cloud Security Company
How major US stock indexes fared Friday 6/2/2023
S&P 500   4,282.37
DOW   33,762.76
QQQ   354.65
What Should Investors Make of These 3 Dividend Cuts?
"Unknown laser company making HUGE profit from Russia-Ukraine War" (Ad)
CrowdStrike: Another Tech Stock to Buy on the Dip 
Trading Channel Breakout in Lululemon Brought by Earnings
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Constellation Brands Taps into Growth: Analysts Bullish on Stock
Salesforce: Time to Snap it Up as the Market Buys the Dip?
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Zscaler: Analysts Raise the Bar for the AI Cloud Security Company
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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Competitors

$37.01
+0.63 (+1.73%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$36.63
$37.64
50-Day Range
$32.13
$37.01
52-Week Range
$27.20
$40.34
Volume
8.93 million shs
Average Volume
8.46 million shs
Market Capitalization
$23.79 billion
P/E Ratio
12.55
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$49.38

DAL vs. LUV, UAL, RYAAY, AAL, JBHT, EXPD, WAB, ZTO, UHAL, and ODFL

Should you be buying Delta Air Lines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delta Air Lines include Southwest Airlines (LUV), United Airlines (UAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), U-Haul (UHAL), and Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Delta Air Lines vs.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 3.51% compared to Southwest Airlines' net margin of 2.65%. Delta Air Lines' return on equity of 56.49% beat Southwest Airlines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Delta Air Lines 3.51% 56.49% 4.10%
Southwest Airlines 2.65% 6.99% 2.07%

Delta Air Lines currently has a consensus price target of $49.38, suggesting a potential upside of 33.43%. Southwest Airlines has a consensus price target of $44.71, suggesting a potential upside of 48.70%. Given Southwest Airlines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southwest Airlines 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Southwest Airlines
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Southwest Airlines had 1 more articles in the media than Delta Air Lines. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Southwest Airlines and 11 mentions for Delta Air Lines. Southwest Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Delta Air Lines' score of 0.34 indicating that Southwest Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Delta Air Lines
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Southwest Airlines
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

66.5% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Southwest Airlines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Southwest Airlines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwest Airlines has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Delta Air Lines$50.58 billion0.47$1.32 billion$2.9512.55
Southwest Airlines$23.81 billion0.75$539 million$1.0030.07

Delta Air Lines received 88 more outperform votes than Southwest Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 71.88% of users gave Southwest Airlines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Delta Air LinesOutperform Votes
1210
77.56%
Underperform Votes
350
22.44%
Southwest AirlinesOutperform Votes
1122
71.88%
Underperform Votes
439
28.12%

Summary

Delta Air Lines beats Southwest Airlines on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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 LinesAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.79B$14.19B$8.03B$14.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.77%8.65%4.11%
P/E Ratio12.5517.3625.8720.81
Price / Sales0.471.5912.169.05
Price / Cash5.6014.5513.0023.02
Price / Book3.802.151.899.28
Net Income$1.32B-$6.58M$737.18M$903.09M
7 Day Performance3.12%4.76%1.65%2.53%
1 Month Performance7.18%8.16%1.50%2.69%
1 Year Performance-7.45%-8.63%-2.85%-8.53%

Delta Air Lines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUV
Southwest Airlines
2.8844 of 5 stars
$29.80
+0.5%
$44.71
+50.1%
-32.5%$17.73B$23.81B29.8066,656
UAL
United Airlines
2.1761 of 5 stars
$48.01
+1.6%
$55.53
+15.7%
+6.0%$15.75B$44.96B8.2592,795
RYAAY
Ryanair
2.4526 of 5 stars
$105.29
-1.1%
$43.25
-58.9%
+22.6%$23.98B$11.23B18.0319,116Analyst Report
AAL
American Airlines Group
2.5355 of 5 stars
$14.62
+1.9%
$17.75
+21.4%
-14.8%$9.55B$48.97B5.78129,700Analyst Report
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
2.2243 of 5 stars
$171.25
+0.6%
$189.67
+10.8%
-2.7%$17.75B$14.81B19.4637,151Positive News
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
1.8749 of 5 stars
$115.10
-0.4%
$101.00
-12.3%
+4.6%$17.59B$17.07B15.0720,000Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
2.292 of 5 stars
$94.45
-0.3%
$114.20
+20.9%
+3.1%$16.99B$8.36B26.3827,000
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
2.736 of 5 stars
$25.21
-6.8%
$36.96
+46.6%
-1.1%$15.65B$5.13B18.8124,888Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
UHAL
U-Haul
1.7155 of 5 stars
$63.11
-0.1%
N/A+8.4%$12.37B$5.74B12.8334,100Earnings Report
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
1.8099 of 5 stars
$317.58
+0.6%
$333.89
+5.1%
+19.5%$34.82B$6.26B26.1223,471Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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