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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.14%, compared with a TTM value of 0.14% through Dec 2025, down 1.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.15%, changed 0.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.14% for Q4 2025 at Delta Air Lines, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.17% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.4% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.07%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Invested Capital hit 153bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -60bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.05% in 2021, then surged by 103bps to 0.09% in 2022, then surged by 71bps to 0.16% in 2023, then decreased by -8bps to 0.15% in 2024, then fell by -4bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for DAL at 0.14% in Q4 2025, 0.15% in Q3 2025, and 0.15% in Q2 2025.