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

Delta Air Lines' EBITDA Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 1.64% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 364.0% year-over-year to 1.64%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 7.42%, down 13.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 9.19%, 54.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin reached 1.64% in Q1 2026 per DAL's latest filing, down from 9.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 13.03% in Q2 2025 to a low of 9.42% in Q1 2022.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 5.8%, with a median of 8.15% recorded in 2024.
  • The largest YoY upside for EBITDA Margin was 1706bps in 2022 against a maximum downside of -872bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA 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 -118bps to 1.64% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAL's EBITDA Margin are 1.64% (Q1 2026), 9.17% (Q4 2025), and 8.74% (Q3 2025).