Delta Air Lines (DAL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its domestic network centered on core hubs in Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, and Salt Lake City, as well as coastal hub positions in Boston, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, and Seattle; and international network centered on hubs and market presence in Amsterdam, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Sao Paulo, Seoul-Incheon, and Tokyo. The company sells its tickets through various distribution channels, including delta.com and the Fly Delta app; acts as a reservations specialists; and operates online travel and traditional brick and mortar agencies. It also provides aircraft maintenance and engineering support, repair, and overhaul services; and vacation packages to third-party consumers. The company operates through a fleet of approximately 1,273 aircrafts. Delta Air Lines, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $59.06 to $60.49
• 50-Day Range: $46.93 to $60.27
• 52-Week Range: $34.74 to $69.98
• Volume: 9.82 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.51 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $39.35 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.73
• Dividend Yield: 1.24%
• Price Target: $66.21
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Delta Air Lines Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Delta Air Lines scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 127 stocks in the transportation sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Delta Air Lines has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 15 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Delta Air Lines has been the subject of 15 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.52%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Delta Air Lines are expected to grow by 8.52% in the coming year, from $7.63 to $8.28 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Delta Air Lines is 8.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Delta Air Lines is 8.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Transportation sector average P/E ratio of about 14.23.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Delta Air Lines has a PEG Ratio of 1.88. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Delta Air Lines has a P/B Ratio of 2.26. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.88% of the float of Delta Air Lines has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Delta Air Lines has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Delta Air Lines has recently decreased by 18.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Delta Air Lines pays a meaningful dividend of 1.27%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Delta Air Lines has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Delta Air Lines is 10.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Delta Air Lines will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.06% next year. This indicates that Delta Air Lines will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -5.50

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.88% of the float of Delta Air Lines has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Delta Air Lines has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Delta Air Lines has recently decreased by 18.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.29

News Sentiment

Delta Air Lines has a news sentiment score of 1.29. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.80 average news sentiment score of Transportation companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 34 news articles for Delta Air Lines this week, compared to 35 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 63 people have searched for DAL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -16% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

28 people have added Delta Air Lines to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 115% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Delta Air Lines insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $7,511,746.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.88% of the stock of Delta Air Lines is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

69.93% of the stock of Delta Air Lines is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

DAL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DAL shares performed this year?

Delta Air Lines' stock was trading at $60.50 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, DAL stock has decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $60.27.

How were Delta Air Lines' earnings last quarter?

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 10th. The transportation company reported $2.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.01 by $0.09. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Delta Air Lines have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Delta Air Lines: Grupo Aeroméxico S.A.B. de C.V., Virgin Atlantic Airways, Northwest Airlines Corporation, Aero Assurance Ltd., DAL Global Technology Hub LLP, Delta Flight Products LLC, Delta Material Services LLC, and others.

Who are Delta Air Lines' major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Delta Air Lines include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.42%), Sanders Capital LLC (4.65%), State Street Corp (3.53%) and Primecap Management Co. CA (3.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward H Bastian, Glen W Hauenstein, Peter W Carter, Alain Bellemare, Joanne D Smith, Steven M Sear, Francis S Blake, Francis S Blake, Allison C Ausband, Rahul D Samant, David S Taylor, Michael P Huerta, Willie Cw Chiang and William C Carroll.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Delta Air Lines?

Shares of DAL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Delta Air Lines own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Delta Air Lines investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Netflix (NFLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/3 Dividend: 5/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/3 Dividend: 5/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/03/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/10/2025
• Record date for 8/21 Dividend: 7/31/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/21 Dividend: 7/31/2025
• Today: 8/17/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/21/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/09/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Transportation
• Industry: TRANS - AIRLINE
• Sub-Industry: Airlines
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DAL
• CIK: 27904
• Web: www.delta.com
• Phone: (404) 715-2600
• Fax: 404-715-5042
• Employees: 100,000
• Year Founded: 1925

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Delta Air Lines: $66.21
• High Price Target: $90.00
• Low Price Target: $56.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.90
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.90
• P/E Growth: 1.88
• Net Income: $3.46 billion
• Net Margins: 7.24%
• Pretax Margin: 9.14%
• Return on Equity: 24.86%
• Return on Assets: 5.01%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.74
• Current Ratio: 0.38
• Quick Ratio: 0.33

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $61.93 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.64
• Cash Flow: $10.08 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.98
• Book Value: $26.71 per share
• Price / Book: 2.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 652,948,000
• Free Float: 647,202,000
• Market Cap: $39.35 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.56