Delta Air Lines Financial Ratios
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Delta Air Lines ratio analysis
Delta Air Lines earned a net margin of 7.9% in FY 2025, up from 5.6% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 24.0%, meaning Delta Air Lines generated 0.24 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 0.64 versus 1.00 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.40.
At the end of FY 2025, DAL traded at 9.0 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 5.6 to 88.8, with a median of 9.0. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Delta Air Lines financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 9.02 | 11.07 | 5.61 | 15.95 | 88.82 | — | 7.95 | 8.43 | 12.64 | 8.86 |
| Price / sales | 0.71 | 0.61 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.83 | 1.50 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.98 | 0.93 |
| Price / book | 2.15 | 2.47 | 2.31 | 3.19 | 6.39 | 16.67 | 2.46 | 2.41 | 3.22 | 3.28 |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 9.7% | 9.5% | 7.2% | 6.3% | -72.9% | 14.1% | 11.8% | 14.5% | 17.6% |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 5.6% | 7.9% | 2.6% | 0.9% | -72.4% | 10.1% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 10.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.1% | 4.7% | 2.0% | -0.0% | 0.1% | -33.3% | 7.4% | 4.2% | 2.7% | 9.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 24.0% | 22.6% | 41.5% | 20.0% | 7.2% | -807.4% | 31.0% | 28.7% | 25.6% | 37.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.2% | 4.6% | 6.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | -17.2% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 6.0% | 8.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.64 | 1.00 | 1.68 | 3.25 | 6.45 | 18.24 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.62 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.50 | 0.76 | 1.09 | 0.41 | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.49 |
| Revenue growth | 2.8% | 6.2% | 14.8% | 69.2% | 74.9% | -63.6% | 5.8% | 7.7% | 4.0% | -2.6% |
| EPS growth | 43.7% | -25.7% | 248.1% | 368.2% | — | -367.0% | 28.7% | 28.0% | -20.2% | -1.4% |