DALDelta Air Lines
As a global airline based in the United States, we connect customers across our expansive global network with a commitment to ensuring that the future of travel is connected, personalized and enjoyable. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 103,000
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, GA
- CEO
- Edward H. Bastian
- Next results
- around Jan 12, 2027
All key numbers (40) From EDGAR
| EPS (ttm) | 5.01 | Sales (ttm) | 71.8B | Net income (ttm) | 3.3B | Sales growth | +2.8% | EPS growth | +43.7% | Sales Q/Q | +21.1% |
| Free cash flow | 3.5B | Gross margin | - | Oper. margin | 7.4% | Net margin | 4.6% | FCF margin | 4.9% | ROE | 14.6% |
| ROA | 3.8% | R&D / sales | - | Dividend | 0.68 | Debt/Eq | 0.54 | Curr. ratio | 0.40 | Cash | 3.8B |
| Op. cash flow (ttm) | 8.0B | EBITDA | 8.3B | EBITDA margin | 13.0% | Net debt | 8.3B | Quick ratio | 0.40 | Interest cover | 6.85 |
| ROIC | 13.6% | Payout ratio | 8.8% | Tax rate | 19.1% | Stock pay / sales | 0.5% | Shares out. | 657.9M | Shares Y/Y | +0.9% |
| Book / share | 34.22 | Cash / share | 5.76 | Sales / share | 109.13 | Asset turnover | 0.83 | Days sales out. | 16 | Sales 3Y CAGR | +7.8% |
| Sales 5Y CAGR | +30.0% | EPS 3Y CAGR | +54.9% | Employees | 103,000 | Sales / employee | 697K |
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Changes in the numbers
FY2025 against FY2024-
Free cash flow rose 33%$2.9B → $3.8B · Cash from operations − capital expenditure · 10-K ↗
DAL against Industrials peers
Ten years, side by side → · All 83 →Each side 0 to 100, ranked against every company we cover: relative position on reported figures, not a buy score. How
Every dot is one of the 83 companies, the better end on the right. Hover a dot for the company.
| Company | Revenue (ttm) | Sales growth | Gross margin | Net margin | ROE | FCF margin | Debt / equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL Delta Air Lines | $71.8B | +2.8% | - | 4.6% | 14.6% | 4.9% | 0.54 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin | $79.1B | +5.6% | 11.7% | 8.2% | 64.7% | 10.6% | 2.04 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | $77.8B | +4.3% | 92.3% | 15.2% | 55.1% | 14.5% | 1.69 |
| UAL United Airlines Holdings | $65.6B | +3.5% | - | 5.5% | 20.1% | 1.7% | 1.49 |
| UBER Uber | $56.5B | +18.3% | - | 6.1% | 12.5% | 18.4% | 0.57 |
| GD General Dynamics | $56.5B | +10.1% | - | 8.2% | 17.1% | 10.2% | 0.26 |
Profitability
0 of 3- !Net margin below the peer median4.6% vs 13.0%
- !Return on equity below 15%14.6%
- !A profit in 9 of 10 years
Balance sheet
3 of 4- ✓Interest covered more than 5 timesOperating income is 6.8× interest expense
- ✓Debt smaller than equityDebt / equity 0.54 on the latest balance sheet (peer median 0.72)
- !Current ratio below 1Current ratio 0.40
- ✓Net debt under 3 years of free cash flow$8.3B net debt, 2.4 years
Cash and shareholders
2 of 4- !Free cash flow positive in 8 of 10 years$3.8B last year
- !Share count up over 5 years+2.8%
- ✓Dividend per share up over 5 years$0.40 → $0.68
- ✓Cash from operations above net income$8.3B vs $5.0B
Each tick is a fact with a fixed rule (on /methodology), not a score or advice. A check without the numbers it needs is left out.
What the debt is made of, and when it is due
balance sheet of Sep 30, 2026 · schedule of Dec 31, 2025The debt note's own lines, 2025-12-31
Fixed rate $0Floating $588.0M Not stated $16.7B
| Line, as the company names it | Kind | Rate | Fixed or floating | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYTDC Special Facilities Revenue Bonds (Bonds) | Notes and bonds | 4.00–6.00% | not stated | $3.5B |
| SkyMiles Notes (Secured Debt) | Secured | 4.75% | not stated | $3.4B |
| Unsecured notes (Unsecured Debt) | Secured | 3.75–5.30% | not stated | $2.9B |
| Unsecured Debt | Secured | – | not stated | $2.0B |
| Unsecured Payroll Support Program Loans (Unsecured Debt) | Secured | 1.00% | not stated | $1.8B |
| 4.95% Notes Due 2028 (Unsecured Debt) | Secured | 4.95% | not stated | $1.0B |
| 5.25% Notes Due 2030 (Unsecured Debt) | Secured | 5.25% | not stated | $1.0B |
| Financings secured by aircraft - Certificates (Secured Debt) | Secured | 2.00–8.00% | not stated | $894.0M |
| SkyMiles Term Loan (Secured Debt) | Secured | 5.38% | floating | $588.0M |
| Financings secured by aircraft - Notes (Secured Debt) | Secured | 5.96–7.18% | not stated | $78.0M |
| Other financings (Secured And Unsecured Debt) | Secured | 5.00% | not stated | $66.0M |
All 11 lines
From the debt note in the 10-K's XBRL (0000027904-26-000013), as the company tags it: by issue, by year, by currency or by kind. Lines from two ways of cutting the same debt can overlap, so they are not added up. Fixed or floating is read from the line's own name only; "not stated" when it says neither.
Left: the debt lines on the balance sheet (XBRL). Right: the principal due each year, from the debt note's maturity schedule; it can differ a little from the balance sheet, which shows the debt net of discounts and fees. Leases are not counted. The full schedule →
Revenue and net income, FY2016 to FY2025
Revenue 63.4B Net income 5.0BFrom XBRL in each 10-K. Hover a bar for the line item and filing. Full financials →
Where the $65.2B of revenue came from
by segment, year to Dec 31, 2025- Airline $58.3B · 89%
- Refinery $7.0B · 11%
From the segment tables in the 10-K XBRL. Revenue by segment, product and region →
DAL's income statement, balance sheet and cash flow as reported to the SEC in XBRL, one column per fiscal year. Hover a number to see the line item and filing it comes from. Where a company changed how it tags a line, the first tag it reported for that period is used. A number looks wrong? Tell us.
Revenue by business segment
year to Dec 31, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airline | 58.3B | 92.0% | +2.3% |
| Refinery | 7.0B | 11.0% | -10.4% |
10-K 0000027904-26-000013, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Revenue by product or service
year to Dec 31, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger | 51.8B | 81.7% | +1.7% |
| Ticket | 45.5B | 71.8% | +0.9% |
| Refinery | 5.1B | 8.0% | +9.4% |
| Loyalty travel awards | 4.2B | 6.7% | +10.3% |
| Loyalty program deferred revenue | 3.4B | 5.3% | +2.0% |
| Travel-related services | 2.0B | 3.2% | +4.4% |
| Miscellaneous | 1.3B | 2.1% | +8.6% |
| Ancillary businesses | 937.0M | 1.5% | +21.4% |
| Cargo | 900.0M | 1.4% | +9.5% |
| Product And Service, Other, MRO Business | 822.0M | 1.3% | +24.9% |
10-K 0000027904-26-000013, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Income statement
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 39.6B | 41.2B | 44.4B | 47.0B | 17.1B | 29.9B | 50.6B | 58.0B | 61.6B | 63.4B |
| Operating income | 7.0B | 6.0B | 5.3B | 6.6B | -12.5B | 1.9B | 3.7B | 5.5B | 6.0B | 5.8B |
| Interest expense | 388.0M | 396.0M | 376.0M | 481.0M | 761.0M | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 850.0M |
| Pretax income | 6.4B | 5.5B | 5.2B | 6.2B | -15.6B | 398.0M | 1.9B | 5.6B | 4.7B | 6.2B |
| Income tax | 2.2B | 2.3B | 1.2B | 1.4B | -3.2B | 118.0M | 596.0M | 999.0M | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Net income | 4.2B | 3.2B | 3.9B | 4.8B | -12.4B | 280.0M | 1.3B | 4.6B | 3.5B | 5.0B |
| EPS (diluted) | 5.55 | 4.43 | 5.67 | 7.30 | -19.49 | 0.44 | 2.06 | 7.17 | 5.33 | 7.66 |
| Diluted shares | 755.0M | 723.0M | 694.0M | 653.0M | 636.0M | 641.0M | 641.0M | 643.0M | 648.0M | 654.0M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 1.9B | 2.2B | 2.3B | 2.6B | 2.3B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.4B |
| EBITDA | 8.9B | 8.2B | 7.6B | 9.2B | -10.2B | 3.9B | 5.8B | 7.9B | 8.5B | 8.3B |
| Operating margin | 17.6% | 14.5% | 11.8% | 14.1% | -72.9% | 6.3% | 7.2% | 9.5% | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 7.8% | 8.9% | 10.1% | -72.4% | 0.9% | 2.6% | 7.9% | 5.6% | 7.9% |
| Revenue growth | - | +4.0% | +7.7% | +5.8% | -63.6% | +74.9% | +69.2% | +14.8% | +6.2% | +2.8% |
| EPS growth | - | -20.2% | +28.0% | +28.7% | -367% | - | +368% | +248% | -25.7% | +43.7% |
Balance sheet
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | 2.8B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 2.9B | 8.3B | 7.9B | 3.3B | 2.7B | 3.1B | 4.3B |
| Short-term investments | 487.0M | 825.0M | 203.0M | 0 | 5.8B | 3.4B | 3.3B | 1.1B | 0 | - |
| Receivables | 2.1B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.9B | 1.4B | 2.4B | 3.2B | 3.1B | 3.2B | 2.9B |
| Current assets | 7.5B | 7.8B | 6.3B | 8.2B | 17.4B | 15.9B | 13.0B | 10.3B | 9.8B | 11.0B |
| Property & equipment | 24.4B | 26.6B | 28.3B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goodwill | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.8B |
| Total assets | 51.9B | 53.7B | 60.3B | 64.5B | 72.0B | 72.5B | 72.3B | 73.6B | 75.4B | 81.3B |
| Accounts payable | 2.6B | 3.6B | 3.0B | 3.3B | 2.8B | 4.2B | 5.1B | 4.4B | 4.7B | 5.2B |
| Current liabilities | 15.2B | 19.0B | 18.6B | 20.2B | 15.9B | 21.0B | 25.9B | 26.4B | 26.7B | 27.6B |
| Total debt | 7.0B | 8.4B | 9.4B | 10.1B | 28.0B | 25.1B | 21.4B | 18.6B | 15.3B | 13.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | 11.3B | 12.5B | 13.7B | 15.4B | 1.5B | 3.9B | 6.6B | 11.1B | 15.3B | 20.9B |
| Retained earnings | 7.9B | 8.3B | 10.0B | 12.5B | -428.0M | -148.0M | 1.2B | 5.7B | 8.8B | 13.3B |
Cash flow
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 7.2B | 5.0B | 7.0B | 8.4B | -3.8B | 3.3B | 6.4B | 6.5B | 8.0B | 8.3B |
| Capital spending | 3.4B | 3.9B | 5.2B | 4.9B | 1.9B | 3.2B | 6.4B | 5.3B | 5.1B | 4.5B |
| Free cash flow | 3.8B | 1.1B | 1.8B | 3.5B | -5.7B | 17.0M | -3.0M | 1.1B | 2.9B | 3.8B |
| Stock-based pay (added back) | 154.0M | 169.0M | 159.0M | 161.0M | 119.0M | 149.0M | 150.0M | 180.0M | 236.0M | 313.0M |
| Dividends paid | 509.0M | 731.0M | 909.0M | 980.0M | 260.0M | 0 | 0 | 128.0M | 321.0M | 440.0M |
| Buybacks | 2.6B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 2.0B | 344.0M | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Debt raised | 450.0M | 2.5B | 3.7B | 2.1B | 22.8B | 1.9B | 0 | 878.0M | 0 | 2.2B |
| Investing cash flow | -2.2B | -5.3B | -4.4B | -4.6B | -9.2B | -898.0M | -6.9B | -3.1B | -3.7B | -4.2B |
| Financing cash flow | -4.3B | -730.0M | -1.7B | -2.9B | 19.4B | -3.9B | -4.5B | -3.4B | -4.3B | -3.1B |
| Dividend per share | 0.68 | 1.02 | 1.31 | 1.51 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.68 |
Stock-based pay and leases
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock-based pay (expense) | 154.0M | 169.0M | 159.0M | 161.0M | 119.0M | 149.0M | 150.0M | 180.0M | 236.0M | 313.0M |
| Stock-based pay / revenue | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Operating lease cost | - | - | 994.0M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 863.0M | 949.0M | 981.0M | 974.0M | 976.0M |
| Operating lease cash paid | - | - | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 999.0M | 809.0M | 1.2B | 1.2B | 981.0M |
| Finance lease principal paid | - | - | 108.0M | 192.0M | 255.0M | 336.0M | 363.0M | 264.0M | 190.0M | 114.0M |
| Right-of-use assets | - | 0 | 6.0B | 5.6B | 5.7B | 7.2B | 7.0B | 7.0B | 6.6B | 6.2B |
| Operating lease liabilities | - | 0 | 6.8B | 6.1B | 6.4B | 7.8B | 7.6B | 7.2B | 6.6B | 6.2B |
| Finance lease liabilities | - | - | 403.0M | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 847.0M | 805.0M |
From SEC's XBRL company facts (data.sec.gov). EBITDA = operating income + depreciation and amortization; free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital spending; total debt = long-term debt (with its current part) + short-term borrowings. Stock-based pay and leases are shown as the company reports them; Tickdelta does not take them out of earnings or add leases to debt. Click a number to open the filing in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer, where you can click the same number to see how it is tagged. Values a company later revised show as revised; the Revised numbers tab lists the changes.
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