LATAM Airlines Group (LTM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LTM or DAL?

Delta Air Lines received 682 more outperform votes than LATAM Airlines Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.50% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 61.81% of users gave LATAM Airlines Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LATAM Airlines Group	Outperform Votes 581 61.81%	Underperform Votes 359 38.19%
Delta Air Lines	Outperform Votes 1263 76.50%	Underperform Votes 388 23.50%

Is LTM or DAL a better dividend stock?

LATAM Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Delta Air Lines pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. LATAM Airlines Group pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delta Air Lines pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Delta Air Lines has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LTM or DAL?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LATAM Airlines Group	$12.83B	0.87	$976.97M	$2.38	15.45
Delta Air Lines	$61.64B	0.49	$3.46B	$5.64	8.17

Is LTM or DAL more profitable?

LATAM Airlines Group has a net margin of 8.25% compared to Delta Air Lines' net margin of 5.91%. LATAM Airlines Group's return on equity of 148.44% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LATAM Airlines Group	8.25%	148.44%	7.01%
Delta Air Lines	5.91%	28.18%	5.28%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LTM or DAL?

69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of LATAM 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, LTM or DAL?

LATAM Airlines Group has a beta of 3.73, meaning that its share price is 273% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LTM or DAL?

In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 24 more articles in the media than LATAM Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 1 mentions for LATAM Airlines Group. Delta Air Lines' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat LATAM Airlines Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Delta Air Lines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LATAM Airlines Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Delta Air Lines	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LTM or DAL?

LATAM Airlines Group currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.36%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $61.67, indicating a potential upside of 33.78%. Given Delta Air Lines' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Delta Air Lines is more favorable than LATAM Airlines Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LATAM Airlines Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Delta Air Lines	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Delta Air Lines beats LATAM Airlines Group on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.