Delta Air Lines (DAL) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Delta Air Lines posted quarterly EBT Margin of 1.35% for Q1 2026, down 363.0% year-on-year from 0.51% in Q1 2025, and down 114.28% on a QoQ basis from 9.45% in Q4 2025.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 1.35% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 363.0% year-over-year to 1.35%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.67% (up 83.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 9.76%, up 220.0% from the prior year.
- EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 1.35%, down from 9.45% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 16.0% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 12.84% in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 8.34% (2022), against an average of 6.61%.
- Peak annual rise in EBT Margin reached 2367 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 985 bps in 2022.
- A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 8.34% in 2022, then jumped by 92 bps to 16.0% in 2023, then sank by 52 bps to 7.73% in 2024, then climbed by 22 bps to 9.45% in 2025, then plunged by 114 bps to 1.35% in 2026.
- The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 1.35% (Q1 2026), 9.45% (Q4 2025), and 10.66% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines | 53.78 Bn | 48.72 Bn | 15.19 Bn | -1.35% |
| 2 | Southwest Airlines | 21.39 Bn | 18.06 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 3.93% |
| 3 | Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V | 18.50 Bn | 17.47 Bn | -239.00 Mn | 17.11% |
| 4 | Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V | 8.98 Bn | 8.98 Bn | - | -11.56% |
| 5 | Alaska Air | 5.26 Bn | 3.49 Bn | 3.20 Bn | -9.61% |
| 6 | Skywest | 3.43 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 924.11 Mn | 10.64% |
| 7 | Copa Holdings | 3.33 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 713.71 Mn | 19.94% |
| 8 | Jetblue Airways | 2.03 Bn | -140.72 Mn | 1.87 Bn | -15.00% |
| 9 | Allegiant Travel | 1.67 Bn | 765.78 Mn | 651.87 Mn | 9.83% |
| 10 | Frontier Group Holdings | 1.39 Bn | 618.26 Mn | 724.00 Mn | -28.33% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.35% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.45% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.66% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 15.46% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.28% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.73% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.96% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.64% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.89% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 16.00% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.82% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 14.87% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -3.97% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.88% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.47% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -12.84% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -4.17% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 16.74% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.89% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -36.51% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -27.89% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -224.00% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -477.79% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -7.06% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 12.22% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 15.50% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 15.21% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 9.03% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 12.52% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 14.12% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 11.77% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 7.34% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 10.20% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 16.06% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 17.04% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 9.33% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 7.07% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 18.12% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 22.49% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 15.50% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 16.13% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 18.65% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 22.10% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 12.63% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -11.82% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 5.18% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 12.22% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 3.76% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 5.23% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 12.99% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 7.07% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 0.04% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 0.13% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 10.60% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | -1.69% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 1.51% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 4.96% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 5.57% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 2.13% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | -5.02% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 0.26% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 4.09% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 5.73% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | -3.59% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | -5.22% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | -2.36% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | -3.61% |