Delta Air Lines (DAL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Delta Air Lines posted quarterly EBIT Margin of 3.16% for Q1 2026, down 89.0% year-on-year from 28.73% in Q1 2025, and down 65.53% on a QoQ basis from 9.17% in Q4 2025.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 3.16% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBIT Margin fell 89.0% year-over-year to 3.16%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.83% (down 78.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 9.19%, down 54.0% from the prior year.
- EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 3.16%, down from 9.17% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 15.99% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 8.38% in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 10.1% (2025), against an average of 8.06%.
- Peak annual rise in EBIT Margin reached 2531 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 1367 bps in 2022.
- A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 10.94% in 2022, then dropped by 15 bps to 9.29% in 2023, then advanced by 19 bps to 11.04% in 2024, then declined by 17 bps to 9.17% in 2025, then plunged by 66 bps to 3.16% in 2026.
- The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 3.16% (Q1 2026), 9.17% (Q4 2025), and 10.1% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines | 53.78 Bn | 48.72 Bn | 15.19 Bn | 3.16% |
| 2 | Southwest Airlines | 21.39 Bn | 18.06 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 4.55% |
| 3 | Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V | 18.50 Bn | 17.47 Bn | -239.00 Mn | 186.84% |
| 4 | Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V | 8.98 Bn | 8.98 Bn | - | -2.73% |
| 5 | Alaska Air | 5.26 Bn | 3.49 Bn | 3.20 Bn | -8.45% |
| 6 | Skywest | 3.43 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 924.11 Mn | 12.21% |
| 7 | Copa Holdings | 3.33 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 713.71 Mn | 21.77% |
| 8 | Jetblue Airways | 2.03 Bn | -140.72 Mn | 1.87 Bn | -10.00% |
| 9 | Allegiant Travel | 1.67 Bn | 765.78 Mn | 651.87 Mn | 12.07% |
| 10 | Frontier Group Holdings | 1.39 Bn | 618.26 Mn | 724.00 Mn | -28.53% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.16% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.17% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.10% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.63% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.05% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.91% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.61% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.47% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.29% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.81% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 15.99% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.94% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.99% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -8.38% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.78% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 24.09% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 11.45% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -33.69% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -21.60% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -208.56% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -328.00% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -4.77% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 12.23% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 16.49% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 16.98% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 9.74% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 10.15% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 13.76% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 14.30% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 8.47% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 11.36% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 16.48% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 18.44% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 10.98% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 10.78% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 18.78% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 23.19% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 16.65% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 18.07% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 19.92% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 23.11% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 14.89% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -8.58% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 7.47% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 14.87% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 6.95% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 7.72% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 14.90% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 9.42% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 2.61% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 4.09% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 13.18% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 1.38% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 4.54% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 8.64% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 8.76% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 5.26% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | -1.19% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 3.77% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 11.21% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 10.43% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 0.99% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | -0.68% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 2.69% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 0.01% |