DAL PEER ANALYSIS

Delta Air Lines Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

DALDelta Air Lines Inc

🇺🇸 USA · US · Industrials · Airlines

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Overall Profile & Returns

· Airlines

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

DALIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	DAL	IAG	QAN	THYAO	EIF	AC	Ind. Median
P/E	12.91	5.70	10.04	3.69●	39.87	9.39	10.13
P/B	2.84	—	12.00	0.50●	4.21	2.74	1.59
EV/EBITDA	7.35	—	5.55	5.22	12.53	3.54●	7.71
P/S	0.89	0.65	0.66	0.46	2.16	0.32●	0.65

Financial Health
Metric	DAL	IAG	QAN	THYAO	EIF	AC	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.42	—	0.32	0.97	1.64●	0.60	0.66
Debt/Equity	69.5%●	—	702.7%	84.2%	141.0%	452.2%	141.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.00●	—	1.77	2.75	3.03	1.52	1.93

Profitability
Metric	DAL	IAG	QAN	THYAO	EIF	AC	Ind. Median
Net Margin	6.9%	11.4%	6.6%	12.5%●	5.4%	3.5%	5.3%
ROE	25.0%	78.8%	154.4%●	15.4%	11.6%	33.7%	14.3%
ROA	5.5%	—	7.0%	7.0%●	3.8%	2.4%	3.0%
EBITDA Margin	14.0%	20.5%	17.5%	18.6%	22.7%●	16.1%	15.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	DAL	IAG	QAN	THYAO	EIF	AC	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.2%	30.4%●	7.2%	3.1%	27.5%	3.3%	5.0%
NI Growth	22.3%	67.1%●	23.1%	-6.9%	51.9%	-53.3%	0.5%
Div. Yield	0.8%	1.7%	3.4%●	1.9%	2.1%	—	1.7%
Payout	10.5%	9.7%	49.8%	6.9%	77.1%	—	9.7%

Valuation
Metric	DAL	UAL	LUV	AAL	Ind. Median
P/E	12.91	11.44●	30.43	56.30	10.13
P/B	2.84	2.64	3.62	-2.79●	1.59
EV/EBITDA	7.35	6.76●	10.25	9.37	7.71
P/S	0.89	0.69	0.86	0.20●	0.65

Financial Health
Metric	DAL	UAL	LUV	AAL	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.42	0.70●	0.48	0.49	0.66
Debt/Equity	69.5%	195.1%	93.0%	-855.8%●	141.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.00●	1.93	1.13	6.64	1.93

Profitability
Metric	DAL	UAL	LUV	AAL	Ind. Median
Net Margin	6.9%●	6.1%	2.8%	0.4%	5.3%
ROE	25.0%	25.7%●	10.1%	—	14.3%
ROA	5.5%●	4.7%	2.6%	0.3%	3.0%
EBITDA Margin	14.0%	14.4%●	9.4%	7.4%	15.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	DAL	UAL	LUV	AAL	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.2%●	4.7%	4.7%	3.3%	5.0%
NI Growth	22.3%	0.2%	49.6%●	-70.5%	0.5%
Div. Yield	0.8%	—	1.4%●	—	1.7%
Payout	10.5%	—	1.7%	—	9.7%

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