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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$4.1 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Retained Earnings fell 147.08% year-over-year to -$4.1 billion, compared with a TTM value of -$4.1 billion through Dec 2025, down 147.08%, and an annual FY2025 reading of -$4.1 billion, down 147.08% over the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$4.1 billion for Q4 2025 at Delta Air Lines, down from $12.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $12.1 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$9.0 billion in Q1 2021.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is -$770.5 million, with a median of -$2.6 billion recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Retained Earnings tumbled 1565.89% in 2021, then soared 596.65% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at -$7.1 billion in 2021, then surged by 116.41% to $1.2 billion in 2022, then soared by 382.91% to $5.6 billion in 2023, then surged by 55.45% to $8.8 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 147.08% to -$4.1 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for DAL at -$4.1 billion in Q4 2025, $12.1 billion in Q3 2025, and $10.8 billion in Q2 2025.