Delta Air Lines (DAL) FCF Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)
Delta Air Lines posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.09 for Q1 2026, up 5.01% year-on-year from 0.09 in Q1 2025, and up 21.91% on a QoQ basis from 0.07 in Q4 2025.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 12 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.09 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 5.01% year-over-year to 0.09; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.14 (down 67.27% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.09, up 15.8% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.09, up from 0.07 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.34 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 1.8 in Q3 2024.
- The 4-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.06 (2025), against an average of 0.08.
- Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio reached 387.1% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 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 soared by 184.64% to 0.07 in 2025, then increased by 21.91% to 0.09 in 2026.
- The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.09 (Q1 2026), 0.07 (Q4 2025), and 0.18 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines | 53.78 Bn | 48.72 Bn | 15.19 Bn | 0.09 |
| 2 | Southwest Airlines | 21.39 Bn | 18.06 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 0.12 |
| 3 | Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V | 18.50 Bn | 17.47 Bn | -239.00 Mn | - |
| 4 | Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V | 8.98 Bn | 8.98 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Alaska Air | 5.26 Bn | 3.49 Bn | 3.20 Bn | - |
| 6 | Skywest | 3.43 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 924.11 Mn | - |
| 7 | Copa Holdings | 3.33 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 713.71 Mn | -0.49 |
| 8 | Jetblue Airways | 2.03 Bn | -140.72 Mn | 1.87 Bn | - |
| 9 | Allegiant Travel | 1.67 Bn | 765.78 Mn | 651.87 Mn | - |
| 10 | Frontier Group Holdings | 1.39 Bn | 618.26 Mn | 724.00 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.07 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.18 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.34 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1.80 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.14 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.05 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.03 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.03 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.00 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.00 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 5.14 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.15 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.11 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.26 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.64 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -0.32 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.08 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.20 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.14 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.11 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -0.14 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.18 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.03 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 0.43 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -0.11 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.04 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 0.04 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 0.05 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 0.06 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 0.17 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.03 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.06 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.18 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 0.49 |