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Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL

Industrials  —  Airlines
84.94 2.18 2.63% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$54.8B
P/E
14.0×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (3y) Cash Flow Champion (5y) Revenue Champion (5y)
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) Return on invested capital

Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.1%, down 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.1% (fiscal 2020) to 31.0% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Airlines industry median of 3.19% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.44%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 11.9% (1.31)
FY2024 13.2% 0.54
FY2023 12.6% 2.73
FY2022 9.91% 3.86
FY2021 6.05% 51.17
FY2020 −45.1% (62.62)
FY2019 17.5% 2.47
FY2018 15.0% (4.88)
FY2017 19.9% (6.80)
FY2016 26.7% (4.27)

Against its own ten years

Low −45.1% High 31.0%
Ten-year median 13.2%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare 22.2%
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare 12.4%
UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc compare 11.5%
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. 11.1%
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. compare 7.04%
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare 3.82%
ZNH China Southern Airlines Company Limited compare 0.00%
LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. compare 0.00%
ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare −1.94%
Airlines industry median 3.19%
Industrials sector median 2.44%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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