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

Delta Air Lines' FCF Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 9.03% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 81.0% year-over-year to 9.03%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 6.78%, up 499.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 7.61%, 94.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 9.03% in Q1 2026 per DAL's latest filing, down from 10.32% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 14.62% in Q1 2023 to a low of 15.59% in Q4 2023.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 5.25%, with a median of 8.22% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: tumbled -2029bps in 2023, then surged 1761bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 4.7% in 2022, then crashed by -432bps to 15.59% in 2023, then surged by 53bps to 7.29% in 2024, then soared by 242bps to 10.32% in 2025, then decreased by -12bps to 9.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAL's FCF Margin are 9.03% (Q1 2026), 10.32% (Q4 2025), and 4.12% (Q3 2025).