profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Delta Air Lines
$86.55-5.22% today
+43.1% in 1 year
1-year low $55.761-year high $93.66
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $11.38 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Delta Air Lines sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $50.6 billion in 2022 to $63.4 billion in 2025, with $5.01 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Delta Air Lines handed back 11% of the cash it generated last year.
$440M
Free cash flow 2025$3.8B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$440M
Cash vs. debt$4.3B vs. $20.3B
Delta Air Lines vs. similar companies
Delta Air Lines grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 11.4× · Cheap | ||
 International Consolidated Airlines Group | 7.0× · Cheap | ||
 InterGlobe Aviation | No profit yet | ||
 Air China | No profit yet | ||
 Singapore Airlines | 19.3× · Fair price |
Compare Delta Air Lines with Southwest Airlines · United Airlines Holdings
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Delta Air Lines's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,095 | 29,899 | 50,582 | 58,048 | 61,643 | 63,364 | |
| – | – | 10,597 | 14,135 | 15,168 | 15,312 | |
| -12,469 | 1,886 | 3,661 | 5,521 | 5,995 | 5,822 | |
| – | – | 5,050 | 8,783 | 7,918 | 9,307 | |
| -12,385 | 280 | 1,318 | 4,609 | 3,457 | 5,005 | |
| -19.49 | 0.44 | 2.06 | 7.17 | 5.33 | 7.66 | |
| – | – | 21.0% | 24.4% | 24.6% | 24.2% | |
| -72.9% | 6.3% | 7.2% | 9.5% | 9.7% | 9.2% | |
| -72.4% | 0.9% | 2.6% | 7.9% | 5.6% | 7.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 71,996 | 72,459 | 72,288 | 73,644 | 75,372 | 81,317 |
| Cash | 8,307 | 7,933 | 3,266 | 2,741 | 3,069 | 4,310 |
| Total debt | 35,548 | 34,679 | 30,610 | 27,281 | 22,771 | 20,274 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 65,706 | 62,539 | 60,079 | 60,464 |
| 1,534 | 3,887 | 6,582 | 11,105 | 15,293 | 20,853 | |
| 636 | 641 | 641 | 643 | 648 | 654 | |
| – | – | 6.3% | 13.3% | 11.2% | 13.2% | |
| -807.4% | 7.2% | 20.0% | 41.5% | 22.6% | 24.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3,793 | 3,264 | 6,363 | 6,464 | 8,025 | 8,342 | |
| 1,899 | 3,247 | 6,366 | 5,323 | 5,140 | 4,499 | |
| -5,692 | 17 | -3 | 1,141 | 2,885 | 3,843 | |
| Dividends paid | 260 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 321 | 440 |
| 344 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| 119 | 149 | 150 | 180 | 236 | 313 |
Valuation
- 11.4×
- 16.1×
- –
- 2.8×
- 0.9×
- 14.8×
- 7.8×
- 6.7%
- 8.8%
- 1.1%
Profitability
- 24.2%
- 9.2%
- 7.9%
- 14.8%
- 13.5%
- 11.3%
- 23.1%
- 5.3%
- 11.1%
- –
Growth
- +30.0%
- –
- +33.1%
- +10.9%
- +0.7%
Financial health
- 1.7×
- 0.97
- 16.8%
- 10.1×
- 0.40
- 0.36
- 0.77
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 21%of 980
Top 48%of 986
Top 13%of 866
Top 6%of 986
Top 25%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $82.45
- Range
- $77.00 – $88.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026 | 0.64 | 0.58 | +10.3% |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 1.55 | 1.53 | +1.3% |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 1.71 | 1.57 | +8.9% |
| Jul 10, 2025 | 2.10 | 2.06 | +1.9% |
| Apr 9, 2025 | 0.46 | 0.38 | +20.9% |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 1.85 | 1.74 | +6.3% |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 1.50 | 1.52 | −1.3% |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 2.36 | 2.36 | +0.0% |
1.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$11a year at today's yield, before tax
+10.9%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.45 in 2015 → $0.68 in 2025
How safe it looks
8.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 11.4%
News
Village Farms targets Delta 2 full 40 metric ton annual run rate by the middle of next yearSeeking Alpha · Nov 9, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
54No pass
Benjamin Graham
54No pass
Philip Fisher
53No pass
Peter Lynch
77Pass
Joel Greenblatt
50No pass
Charlie Munger
40No pass
Terry Smith
38No pass
Questions about Delta Air Lines
Is Delta Air Lines a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Delta Air Lines AI analysis
What does Delta Air Lines do?
Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its domestic network centered on core hubs in Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. It is in Airlines, based in Atlanta, GA, United States, with 103,000 employees.
Does Delta Air Lines pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.1% a year, about 9% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $440 million in dividends.
Is Delta Air Lines stock halal?
No. Delta Air Lines does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 36% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Delta Air Lines stock done over the past year?
Up 43.1% over the past twelve months, to $86.55. It traded between $55.76 and $93.66 and is 7.6% below its high.
Who are Delta Air Lines's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are International Consolidated Airlines Group, InterGlobe Aviation, Air China and Singapore Airlines. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Delta Air Lines's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.