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.

Revenue
+21.1%
EPS
−47.3%
Free cash flow
−56.4%
Total debt
−13.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

85.67 3.57 −4.00%
Market cap
$56.2B
P/E
17.0×
Fwd P/E
16.2×
Dividend yield
0.94%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.45
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
78/100

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) Debt to equity

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Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.6×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.6× (fiscal 2016) to 19.4× (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Airlines industry median of 0.8× and above the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.7× (36.09%)
FY2024 1.1× (41.36%)
FY2023 1.8× (48.39%)
FY2022 3.5× (49.48%)
FY2021 6.9× (64.39%)
FY2020 19.4× 2,576.37%
FY2019 0.7× 1.79%
FY2018 0.7× 1.26%
FY2017 0.7× 18.15%
FY2016 0.6× (22.26%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.6× (10.76%)
Jun 2026 0.6× (7.98%)
Mar 2026 0.7× 2.72%
Dec 2025 0.7× (14.40%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.6× High 19.4×
Ten-year median 0.8×
Current reading's percentile 18

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare −7.0×
LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. compare 0.0×
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare 0.0×
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. 0.6×
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare 0.8×
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. compare 0.8×
SKYW SkyWest, Inc. compare 0.8×
UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc compare 1.5×
ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare 1.7×
Airlines industry median 0.8×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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