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

Delta Air Lines' EBT Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 1.35% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 363.0% year-over-year to 1.35%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 8.67%, up 83.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 9.76%, 220.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin reached 1.35% in Q1 2026 per DAL's latest filing, down from 9.45% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 16.0% in Q4 2023 to a low of 12.84% in Q1 2022.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 6.61%, with a median of 8.34% recorded in 2022.
  • The largest YoY upside for EBT Margin was 2367bps in 2022 against a maximum downside of -985bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 8.34% in 2022, then surged by 92bps to 16.0% in 2023, then crashed by -52bps to 7.73% in 2024, then grew by 22bps to 9.45% in 2025, then crashed by -114bps to 1.35% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAL's EBT Margin are 1.35% (Q1 2026), 9.45% (Q4 2025), and 10.66% (Q3 2025).