stockrowDelta 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
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Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) Return on assets
Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.97%, down 2.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.39%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.1% (fiscal 2020) to 8.45% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Airlines industry median of 1.28% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.39% | 1.75 |
| FY2024 | 4.64% | (1.68) |
| FY2023 | 6.32% | 4.50 |
| FY2022 | 1.82% | 1.43 |
| FY2021 | 0.39% | 18.53 |
| FY2020 | −18.1% | (25.78) |
| FY2019 | 7.64% | 0.73 |
| FY2018 | 6.91% | 0.80 |
| FY2017 | 6.11% | (1.93) |
| FY2016 | 8.04% | (0.41) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare | 10.1% |
| CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare | 9.54% |
| LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. compare | 8.68% |
| SKYW SkyWest, Inc. compare | 5.61% |
| UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc compare | 4.43% |
| DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 3.97% |
| LUV Southwest Airlines Co. compare | 3.58% |
| AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare | −0.76% |
| ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare | −1.92% |
| Airlines industry median | 1.28% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.20% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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