Delta Air Lines DAL
NYSE DAL
$83.62 -1.25 (-1.47%)
As of: Sep 30, 2026 · 1:57 PM EDT

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Delta Air Lines' EBIT Margin was 9.43% in Q2 2026, down 3.19 percentage points from 12.63% a year earlier but up 6.27 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

On a trailing twelve-month basis, Delta Air Lines' EBIT Margin was 8.08% through Jun 30, 2026, down 1.26 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 9.19%, down 0.54 percentage points from FY2024.

  • EBIT Margin shows a five-year change of +82.13 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In earlier years, EBIT Margin was 9.73% in FY2024 (+0.21 pp), 9.51% in FY2023 (+2.27 pp), 7.24% in FY2022 (+0.93 pp) and 6.31% in FY2021 (+79.25 pp).
  • Quarterly EBIT Margin has moved between -8.38% (Q1 2022) and 24.09% (Q3 2021) over five years.
  • Compared with a year earlier, EBIT Margin has declined for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.04 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for EBIT Margin over five years was Q3 2021 (a gain of 232.64 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2022 (a drop of 13.67 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, DAL's EBIT Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 3.16% (Q1 2026), 9.17% (Q4 2025) and 10.10% (Q3 2025).
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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 9.43%
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%
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