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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines posted quarterly Change in Cash of $734.0 million for Q1 2026, up 41.15% year-on-year from $520.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 38.49% on a QoQ basis from $530.0 million in Q4 2025.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of Change in Cash data on file, last reported at $734.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Change in Cash rose 41.15% year-over-year to $734.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.3 billion (up 395.43% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.1 billion, up 4053.85% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash for Q1 2026 stood at $734.0 million, up from $530.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Cash topped out at $1.4 billion in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$3.9 billion in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Cash is $128.0 million (2024), against an average of -$196.1 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Change in Cash soared 2336.36%; it then slumped 421.88% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Cash shows it stood at -$3.9 billion in 2022, then surged by 111.06% to $426.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 303.05% to -$865.0 million in 2024, then soared by 161.27% to $530.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 38.49% to $734.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Change in Cash figures came in at $734.0 million (Q1 2026), $530.0 million (Q4 2025), and $442.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 734.00 Mn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 97.00 Mn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn -6.00 Mn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -5.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -176.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn -56.83 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 160.39 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -89.00 Mn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 113.81 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn 101.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 734.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 530.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 442.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -412.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 520.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -865.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -221.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 128.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 984.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 426.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 145.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -605.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -44.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -3.85 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -2.23 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.42 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -434.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -1.09 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -1.80 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.56 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -159.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -8.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 6.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 5.36 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 2.73 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.03 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 -331.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 44.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 237.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 100.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 -612.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 1.78 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 -371.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 336.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -788.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 337.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -858.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 1.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 -24.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -46.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 -264.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -397.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 76.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 171.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 34.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -422.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 -852.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 663.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 -145.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -174.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 53.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 329.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 220.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 142.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -265.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -372.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 254.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 350.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -548.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 -26.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -11.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -544.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 -998.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 -479.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 306.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -789.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 545.00 Mn