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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines posted quarterly Profit After Tax of -$289.0 million for Q1 2026, down 220.42% year-on-year from $240.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 123.71% on a QoQ basis from $1.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of Profit After Tax data on file, last reported at -$289.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Profit After Tax fell 220.42% year-over-year to -$289.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $4.5 billion (up 22.32% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $5.0 billion, up 44.78% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax for Q1 2026 stood at -$289.0 million, down from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Profit After Tax topped out at $2.1 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$940.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Profit After Tax is $843.0 million (2024), against an average of $829.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when Profit After Tax surged 548.65%; it then sank 220.42% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Profit After Tax shows it stood at $829.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 145.72% to $2.0 billion in 2023, then plunged by 58.62% to $843.0 million in 2024, then surged by 44.6% to $1.2 billion in 2025, then plunged by 123.71% to -$289.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Profit After Tax figures came in at -$289.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn -289.00 Mn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 227.00 Mn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 11.00 Mn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -71.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -193.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 101.69 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 172.62 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -319.00 Mn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 42.48 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -272.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -289.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.22 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.42 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 240.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 843.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.27 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.31 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 37.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 2.04 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.11 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.83 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -363.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 829.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 695.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 735.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -940.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -408.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 652.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -1.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -755.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -5.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -5.72 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -534.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 1.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.50 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.44 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 730.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 1.02 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.32 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 557.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 299.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 1.16 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 561.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 622.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 1.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 1.55 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 946.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 980.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 1.32 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 1.49 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 746.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -712.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 357.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 801.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 213.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 8.48 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 1.37 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 685.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 7.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 7.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 1.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 -168.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 124.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 425.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 549.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 198.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -318.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 19.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 363.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 467.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 -256.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -25.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 -161.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 -257.00 Mn