DAL

Delta Air Lines

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. Paul, and Salt Lake City, a… 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. Paul, and Salt Lake City, as well as coastal hub positions in Boston, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, and Seattle; and international network centered on hubs and market presence in Amsterdam, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Santiago (Chile), Sao Paulo, Seoul-Incheon, and Tokyo. It also provides aircraft maintenance and engineering support, repair, and overhaul services; and vacation packages. The company operates through a fleet of approximately 1,314 aircraft. Delta Air Lines, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Market price
USD 85.36
Within modeled range
Base value (FCFF (steady state)) is 15.3% above the market price
Data: Price updated 06 Nov 2026 09:56; TTM through 30 Sep 2026, period ended 30 Sep 2026 from EODHD (downloaded 1 h ago). Last earnings: 09 Oct 2026
Verdict

Priced within the modelled range

PriceUSD 85.36
Fair value range71.42–145.81base 98.42
Estimate reliabilityLow
5-year outlook–

5-year outlook: Not shown because confidence is low: Earnings-based DCF agrees.

Why: Free cash flow is positive and in line with earnings, and the dividend is small, so a cash-flow DCF fits best.

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FCFF (steady state)

Market price within modeled range

Showing the FCFF (steady state) you selected on the company card, using 8.2% growth, 2.7% terminal growth and 10% discount. The range varies these assumptions slightly; it is illustrative, not investment advice.

Assumptions: growth 8.20%, discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.70% (sector defaults). See a worked example.

Blended growth assumption: 8.2% (sector default 6.2%, own revenue history 20.7%, analyst revenue consensus 3.0%).

Analyst consensus expects revenue growth of 3.0% a year; the growth assumption used is 8.2%.

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Why this model: Free cash flow is positive and in line with earnings, and the dividend is small, so a cash-flow DCF fits best.

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  • Recommended: Free-cash-flow DCF — USD 82.93 (-2.9%)
  • EPS-based Gordon proxy — USD 70.24 (-17.7%)
    Not used: Treats all earnings as if paid out and ignores the cash kept for reinvestment, so it overstates value for companies that retain most profit.
  • DCF (trailing free cash flow) — USD 129.85 (+52.1%)
    Not used: Not chosen: Free-cash-flow DCF ranks ahead of it for this company.
  • FCFF (steady state) — USD 98.42 (+15.3%)
    Not used: Assumes only the long-run terminal growth rate from today, so it ignores the near-term growth expected.
  • EV/EBITDA (12x) — USD 111.48 (+30.6%)
    Not used: Used only when free cash flow is far below earnings even after averaging three years; a fixed 12x multiple also ignores sector differences.
  • Fade DCF (10-year growth fade) — USD 128.76 (+50.8%)
    Not used: An alternative growth path (fading over 10 years) shown for comparison; the automatic choice does not use it.
  • EV/Sales (Rule of 40) — USD 379.70 (+344.8%)
    Not used: Used only for technology and communication companies whose cash-flow value is far below the price.
Illustrative range / share USD 71.42–145.81
Base scenario / share USD 98.42
Margin of safety (share of value) Margin of safety vs base case
Bear USD 71.42-19.5%
Base USD 98.4213.3%
Bull USD 145.8141.5%

Margin = (value − price) / value, so it is measured against the value and reads lower than the upside to value, which is measured against the price. Positive means the price is below that case.

Track record: see the methodology page for how this model has performed historically, including its limits. Treat it as a screen, not a forecast.

Price history and fair value

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More detail: quality, peers, price history, dividends and financials

Quality score: 76 / 100

Five equal checks on reported history: profitability, cash generation, revenue growth, balance sheet and margins. It describes business quality, not whether the price is attractive.

Profitability5 of 5 years profitable20 / 20
Cash generationfree cash flow positive in 4 of 5 years16 / 20
Growthrevenue +9.2% a year20 / 20
Balance sheetnet debt 2.0x EBITDA10 / 20
MarginsEBITDA margin 10%10 / 20

Peers in Industrials

Same-sector companies with a valuation, most undervalued first. Compare the margin of safety, yield and quality score side by side.

CompanyPriceMargin of safetyP/EP/BYieldQuality
DAL (this company) USD 85.36 -2.9% 17.1 2.5 0.9% 76
EZJ.L easyJet plc GBP 6.88 74.3% 10.6 1.5 1.7% 78
WAWI.OL Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA NOK 160.80 64.8% 7.1 2.2 0.3% 100
IAG.L International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. GBP 4.37 58.9% 8.0 3.5 1.8% 92
TPK.L Travis Perkins plc GBP 6.54 54.7% – 0.8 2.1% 46
SRP.L Serco Group plc GBP 2.77 46.2% 19.7 3.3 1.5% 82
DFDS.CO DFDS A/S DKK 157.30 45.9% – 0.6 – 64
DG.PA VINCI SA EUR 111.75 42.2% 12.9 2.1 4.2% 90
HAFNI.OL Hafnia Limited NOK 89.00 40.8% 7.2 1.8 1.2% 100
Peer median 9.3 1.9

Dividends

Paid in the last 12 months: USD 0.81 per share · yield 0.94% at the current price.

YearDividends per share
2026 (so far)0.806
20250.676
20240.500
20230.200
20200.403
Sector Industrials
Exchange NASDAQ
Currency USD

Trailing 12-month financials

TTM through 30 Sep 2026 · quarterly EODHD data · data downloaded 06 Nov 2026 12:56

RevenueUSD 71,800,000,000
EBITDAUSD 7,376,000,000
EBITUSD 4,792,000,000
Net incomeUSD 3,290,000,000
Free cash flowUSD 5,680,000,000
Capital expendituresUSD 4,720,000,000
DebtUSD 18,835,000,000
CashUSD 3,787,000,000
Working capitalUSD -20,085,000,000
Shares outstanding659,000,000
Reported dividends per shareUSD 0.7906