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Delta Air Lines (DAL) EBT (2009 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines posted quarterly EBT of -$214.0 million for Q1 2026, down 166.88% year-on-year from $320.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 114.14% on a QoQ basis from $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of EBT data on file, last reported at -$214.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT fell 166.88% year-over-year to -$214.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.6 billion (up 16.35% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $6.2 billion, up 32.78% from the prior year.
  • EBT for Q1 2026 stood at -$214.0 million, down from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT topped out at $2.6 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBT is $1.2 billion (2024), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT soared 383.54%; it then slumped 166.88% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of EBT shows it stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then surged by 103.12% to $2.3 billion in 2023, then plunged by 47.16% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then grew by 25.87% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then slumped by 114.14% to -$214.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three EBT figures came in at -$214.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.8 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn -214.00 Mn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 285.00 Mn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 13.00 Mn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -89.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -317.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 107.77 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 191.96 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -336.00 Mn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 66.02 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -281.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -214.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.78 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 320.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.77 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 122.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 2.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.52 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -506.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.12 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 962.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.03 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -1.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -395.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 776.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -1.52 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -1.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 -6.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -7.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -607.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 1.40 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.95 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.91 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 946.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 1.35 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.69 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.39 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 732.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 1.04 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 1.78 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.83 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 849.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 669.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 1.90 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 2.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 1.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 1.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 2.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 2.37 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 1.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -1.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 579.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 1.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 335.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 475.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 1.36 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 686.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 3.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 11.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 1.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 -164.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 127.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 417.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 547.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 195.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -389.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 20.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 366.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 468.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 -246.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -355.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 -179.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 -253.00 Mn