Which is more profitable, Delta Air Lines or United Airlines Holdings?

Delta Air Lines keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Delta Air Lines or United Airlines Holdings?

United Airlines Holdings grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Delta Air Lines or United Airlines Holdings?

United Airlines Holdings costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Delta Air Lines or United Airlines Holdings?

Delta Air Lines would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Delta Air Lines vs United Airlines Holdings stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Delta Air Lines is more profitable and has less debt. United Airlines Holdings grows faster and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Delta Air Lines	United Airlines Holdings
	$56.7 billion	$35.5 billion
	7.9%	5.7%
	+30.0%	+30.9%
	11.3×	10.6×
	1.7 years	2.7 years
	13.5%	7.1%
	1.1%	–

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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