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Delta Air Lines, Inc.
DAL Industrials Airlines
Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $63.4 billion, up 2.79% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to September 2026, revenue grew 21.1%, EPS fell 47.3%, free cash flow fell 56.4% and total debt fell 13.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for five.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 32.60 | 43.81 | 47.90 | 45.08 | 17.51 | 33.40 | 27.20 | 30.60 | 36.34 | 34.74 |
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| High | 52.76 | 56.84 | 61.32 | 63.44 | 62.48 | 52.28 | 46.27 | 49.81 | 67.50 | 72.34 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 84,000 | 86,564 | 89,000 | 91,000 | 74,000 | 83,000 | 95,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.62 | 0.63 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 39,450 | 41,138 | 44,438 | 47,007 | 17,095 | 29,899 | 50,582 | 58,048 | 61,643 | 63,364 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 42.80 | 40.32 | 36.88 | 35.40 | (3.74) | 24.76 | 29.88 | 33.89 | 34.39 | 34.21 | |||||
| EBT | 6,353 | 5,500 | 5,151 | 6,198 | (15,587) | 398 | 1,914 | 5,608 | 4,658 | 6,185 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 16.10 | 13.37 | 11.59 | 13.19 | (91.18) | 1.33 | 3.78 | 9.66 | 7.56 | 9.76 | |||||
| Net income | 4,195 | 3,205 | 3,935 | 4,767 | (12,385) | 280 | 1,318 | 4,609 | 3,457 | 5,005 | |||||
| Depreciation | 1,886 | 2,222 | 2,329 | 2,581 | 2,312 | 1,998 | 2,107 | 2,341 | 2,513 | 2,443 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 52.53 | 57.14 | 64.31 | 72.21 | 26.88 | 47.01 | 79.28 | 90.84 | 96.17 | 97.78 | ||||
| Earnings | 5.82 | 4.97 | 5.69 | 7.32 | (19.49) | 0.44 | 2.07 | 7.21 | 5.39 | 7.72 | |||||
| Cash flow | 9.61 | 6.98 | 10.15 | 12.94 | (5.96) | 5.13 | 9.97 | 10.12 | 12.52 | 12.87 | |||||
| Capex | (4.52) | (5.40) | (7.48) | (7.58) | (2.99) | (5.11) | (9.98) | (8.33) | (8.02) | (6.94) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 5.09 | 1.57 | 2.67 | 5.36 | (8.95) | 0.03 | 0.00 | 1.79 | 4.50 | 5.93 | |||||
| Book value | 16.36 | 17.40 | 19.81 | 23.59 | 2.41 | 6.11 | 10.32 | 17.38 | 23.86 | 32.18 | |||||
| Shares, m | 751 | 720 | 691 | 651 | 636 | 636 | 638 | 639 | 641 | 648 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 8.86 | 12.38 | 8.82 | 7.96 | 0.00 | 90.88 | 15.83 | 5.61 | 11.22 | 9.00 | ||||
| P/S | 0.94 | 0.99 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 1.50 | 0.83 | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.71 | |||||
| P/B | 3.02 | 3.26 | 2.52 | 2.48 | 16.67 | 6.39 | 3.16 | 2.33 | 2.54 | 2.16 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 1.05 | 1.14 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 2.42 | 1.35 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.86 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 10.79 | 41.56 | 398.94 | 13.28 | (7.26) | 2,379.76 | (12,433.73) | 36.84 | 17.99 | 14.25 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 7,215 | 5,023 | 7,014 | 8,425 | (3,793) | 3,264 | 6,363 | 6,464 | 8,025 | 8,342 | ||||
| Capex | (3,391) | (3,891) | (5,168) | (4,936) | (1,899) | (3,247) | (6,366) | (5,323) | (5,140) | (4,499) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 3,824 | 1,132 | 1,846 | 3,489 | (5,692) | 17 | (3) | 1,141 | 2,885 | 3,843 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (7,788) | (11,155) | (12,238) | (11,955) | 1,477 | (5,026) | (12,929) | (16,149) | (16,826) | (16,656) | ||||
| Total debt | 7,332 | 8,834 | 9,771 | 11,160 | 29,835 | 26,920 | 23,030 | 20,054 | 16,194 | 14,112 | |||||
| Net debt | 4,083 | 6,195 | 8,206 | 8,278 | 15,739 | 15,601 | 16,496 | 16,186 | 13,125 | 9,802 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 12,287 | 12,530 | 13,687 | 15,358 | 1,534 | 3,887 | 6,582 | 11,105 | 15,293 | 20,853 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 8.04 | 6.11 | 6.91 | 7.64 | (18.14) | 0.39 | 1.82 | 6.32 | 4.64 | 6.39 | ||||
| ROIC | 26.71 | 19.91 | 15.03 | 17.50 | (45.12) | 6.05 | 9.91 | 12.64 | 13.18 | 11.87 | |||||
| ROE | 36.26 | 25.83 | 30.02 | 32.82 | (146.64) | 10.33 | 25.18 | 52.12 | 26.19 | 27.69 | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 15 Oct 2026
Charts ten years each
Delta Air Lines, Inc. vs peers in Airlines (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. | $51.4B | 15.0× | 16.9× | +21.07% (above 0%: growing) | −47.25% (below 0%: shrinking) | −56.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | 21.85% | 7.20% | |
| UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc | $32.9B | 9.0× | 10.8× | +15.99% (above 0%: growing) | −17.17% (below 0%: shrinking) | −69.34% (below 0%: shrinking) | 61.75% | 6.20% | Compare |
| RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC | $27.0B | 5.3× | — | +3.52% (above 0%: growing) | −72.60% (below 0%: shrinking) | −10.66% (below 0%: shrinking) | 49.61% | 13.12% | Compare |
| LUV Southwest Airlines Co. | $20.0B | 23.8× | 15.0× | +16.40% (above 0%: growing) | +20.00% (above 0%: growing) | +86.75% (above 0%: growing) | 21.20% | 3.38% | Compare |
| ZNH China Southern Airlines Company Limited | $17.7B | — (loss-making) | — | −21.77% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +258.94% (above 0%: growing) | 10.93% | 3.41% | Compare |
| LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. | $13.9B | 8.7× | 8.8× | +27.15% (above 0%: growing) | −45.68% (below 0%: shrinking) | −20.71% (below 0%: shrinking) | 16.27% | 5.29% | Compare |
| AAL American Airlines Group Inc. | $8.1B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +16.28% (above 0%: growing) | −87.91% (below 0%: shrinking) | −175.65% (below 0%: shrinking) | 20.73% | 2.67% | Compare |
| CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. | $5.5B | 8.7× | 8.2× | +25.72% (above 0%: growing) | −53.74% (below 0%: shrinking) | +207.63% (above 0%: growing) | 50.85% | 8.65% | Compare |
| ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. | $4.1B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +9.75% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −14.61% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | (4.13%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $15.8B | 8.7× | 9.8× | +16.14% | −49.71% | −12.64% | 35.41% | 4.35% |
DAL metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) key facts
- Strength: Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $63.4 billion, up 2.79% from fiscal 2024.
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) is an Airlines company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, DAL traded at $75.37, a market capitalization of $51.4 billion.
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share, a yield of 1.07%, with a payout ratio of 16.1%.
- Return on equity was 27.7% and debt-to-equity 0.57.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.45 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.
Financial Analysis (summary)
Updated
Delta Air Lines generated $63.4 billion of revenue in FY2025, with operating income of $5.8 billion, net income of $5.0 billion, and diluted EPS of $7.66. Free cash flow was $3.8 billion in FY2025. Revenue reached $20.2 billion in Q3 FY2026, while operating income was $1.5 billion and diluted EPS was $1.15 in Q3 FY2026.
Revenue over the trailing twelve months to Q3 FY2026 was $71.8 billion. Net debt was $9.1 billion in Q3 FY2026, compared with $14.1 billion of total debt and $4.3 billion of cash and short-term investments in FY2025. The operating margin was 9.19% in FY2025 and 7.20% in Q3 FY2026.