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Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) vs SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW)

Delta Air Lines, Inc. and SkyWest, Inc. are both Airlines companies. Delta Air Lines, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $56.2B against $3.0B — 18.5× the size. SkyWest, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.6× against 17.0×. Delta Air Lines, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.1% against 7.03%. SkyWest, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.70% vs 4.58%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.00% vs 10.5%). Across the 21 metrics below, Delta Air Lines, Inc. leads on 11 and SkyWest, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric DAL SKYW Airlines median
P/E 17.00 7.61 9.74
P/S 0.78 0.72 0.62
P/B 2.49 1.09 2.03
Price to free cash flow 18.57 22.67 18.01
EV/EBITDA 12.33 8.26 8.55
EV/Sales 0.91 1.14 0.92
Earnings yield 5.88% 13.14% 3.19%
Free cash flow yield 5.39% 4.41% 3.20%

Profitability

Metric DAL SKYW Airlines median
Gross margin 31.20% 69.82% 51.70%
Operating margin 7.36% 13.85% 6.13%
Net margin 4.58% 9.70% 1.73%
Free cash flow margin 4.21% 3.19% 3.29%
Return on equity 15.91% 15.05% 14.11%
Return on assets 3.97% 5.61% 1.28%
Return on invested capital 10.46% 8.00% 4.91%

Growth

Metric DAL SKYW Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.11% 7.03% 12.32%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 43.71% 33.20% 9.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 29.96% 13.79% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DAL SKYW Airlines median
Debt to equity 0.57 0.84 0.76
Current ratio 0.40 0.58 0.62
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 1.72 1.42

Dividend

Metric DAL SKYW Airlines median
Dividend yield 0.94% — 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.16 — 0.20

Size

Metric DAL SKYW Airlines median
Market cap 56.16b 3.04b 2.23b

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