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Delta Air Lines (DAL) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.09 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 5.01% year-over-year to 0.09; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.14, down 67.27%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09, 15.8% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.09 in Q1 2026 per DAL's latest filing, up from 0.07 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.34 in Q2 2025 to a low of 1.8 in Q3 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 4 years is 0.08, with a median of 0.06 recorded in 2025.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 387.1% in 2024 against a maximum downside of 1965.74% in 2024.
  • A 4-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.03 in 2023, then tumbled by 197.9% to 0.09 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 184.64% to 0.07 in 2025, then rose by 21.91% to 0.09 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAL's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.09 (Q1 2026), 0.07 (Q4 2025), and 0.18 (Q3 2025).