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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines posted quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.7 for Q1 2026, down 32.14% year-on-year from $1.02 in Q1 2025, and up 2.72% on a QoQ basis from $0.68 in Q4 2025.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.7 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt to Equity fell 32.14% year-over-year to $0.7; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.7 (down 32.14% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.68, down 36.09% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 stood at $0.7, up from $0.68 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $8.54 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at $0.68 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $1.74 (2024), against an average of $2.54.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt to Equity tumbled 85.67%; it then tumbled 32.14% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $3.5 in 2022, then tumbled by 48.39% to $1.81 in 2023, then slumped by 41.36% to $1.06 in 2024, then tumbled by 36.09% to $0.68 in 2025, then advanced by 2.72% to $0.7 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.7 (Q1 2026), $0.68 (Q4 2025), and $0.79 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 0.70
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 0.78
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn -
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn 1.43
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 0.88
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 0.71
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 4.66
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 1.63
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn 2.63

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.70
Dec 31, 2025 0.68
Sep 30, 2025 0.79
Jun 30, 2025 0.86
Mar 31, 2025 1.02
Dec 31, 2024 1.06
Sep 30, 2024 1.30
Jun 30, 2024 1.45
Mar 31, 2024 1.74
Dec 31, 2023 1.81
Sep 30, 2023 2.12
Jun 30, 2023 2.49
Mar 31, 2023 3.51
Dec 31, 2022 3.50
Sep 30, 2022 5.06
Jun 30, 2022 6.52
Mar 31, 2022 8.54
Dec 31, 2021 6.93
Sep 30, 2021 10.67
Jun 30, 2021 22.40
Mar 31, 2021 59.61
Dec 31, 2020 19.01
Sep 30, 2020 8.88
Jun 30, 2020 2.23
Mar 31, 2020 0.88
Dec 31, 2019 0.73
Sep 30, 2019 0.67
Jun 30, 2019 0.72
Mar 31, 2019 0.83
Dec 31, 2018 0.71
Sep 30, 2018 0.69
Jun 30, 2018 0.78
Mar 31, 2018 0.70
Dec 31, 2017 0.71
Sep 30, 2017 -1.16
Jun 30, 2017 96.92
Mar 31, 2017 -1.22
Dec 31, 2016 0.65
Sep 30, 2016 -1.00
Jun 30, 2016 -1.04
Mar 31, 2016 -1.15
Dec 31, 2015 0.86
Sep 30, 2015 -136.62
Jun 30, 2015 -1.24
Mar 31, 2015 1.20
Dec 31, 2014 1.28
Sep 30, 2014 0.82
Jun 30, 2014 0.85
Mar 31, 2014 0.95
Dec 31, 2013 0.97
Sep 30, 2013 86.86
Jun 30, 2013 -10.32
Mar 31, 2013 -6.34
Dec 31, 2012 -5.96
Sep 30, 2012 -263.69
Jun 30, 2012 -11.45
Mar 31, 2012 -13.23
Dec 31, 2011 -9.88
Sep 30, 2011 11.86
Jun 30, 2011 18.68
Mar 31, 2011 20.01
Dec 31, 2010 17.00
Sep 30, 2010 21.49
Jun 30, 2010 79.31
Dec 31, 2009 70.20