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Delta Air Lines (DAL) EBIT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines' EBIT Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 3.16% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBIT Margin fell 89.0% year-over-year to 3.16%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 8.83%, down 78.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 9.19%, 54.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin reached 3.16% in Q1 2026 per DAL's latest filing, down from 9.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 15.99% in Q2 2023 to a low of 8.38% in Q1 2022.
  • Average EBIT Margin over 5 years is 8.06%, with a median of 10.1% recorded in 2025.
  • The largest YoY upside for EBIT Margin was 2531bps in 2022 against a maximum downside of -1367bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 10.94% in 2022, then decreased by -15bps to 9.29% in 2023, then rose by 19bps to 11.04% in 2024, then fell by -17bps to 9.17% in 2025, then plummeted by -66bps to 3.16% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAL's EBIT Margin are 3.16% (Q1 2026), 9.17% (Q4 2025), and 10.1% (Q3 2025).