Delta Air Lines (DAL) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines (DAL) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q2 2026, down 12.7% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q1 2026, and little changed year-over-year from 0.0% in Q2 2025.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Delta Air Lines' Return on Invested Capital history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.0% for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.02%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.0% for Q2 2026 at Delta Air Lines, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.01% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Invested Capital reached 1 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 0 bps in 2022.
  • Delta Air Lines' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 45 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then decreased by 26 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 35 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then retreated by 14 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DAL's Return on Invested Capital at 0.0% in Q2 2026, 0.01% in Q1 2026, and 0.01% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Latam Airlines 30,537.63 Bn 30,534.97 Bn 1.28 Mn 12.63%
2 Ryanair Holdings 61.66 Bn 58.47 Bn - 0.00%
3 Delta Air Lines 56.54 Bn 51.87 Bn 19.07 Bn 0.00%
4 Southwest Airlines 22.23 Bn 18.44 Bn 7.33 Bn 0.00%
5 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.87 Bn 8.05 Bn - -
6 Copa Holdings 5.70 Bn 4.36 Bn 713.71 Mn 0.00%
7 Alaska Air 5.42 Bn 3.65 Bn 3.20 Bn 0.00%
8 Skywest 4.28 Bn 3.68 Bn 1.01 Bn 0.00%
9 Jetblue Airways 2.02 Bn 1.60 Bn 1.87 Bn 0.00%
10 Allegiant Travel 1.81 Bn 909.71 Mn 651.87 Mn 0.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.00%
Mar 31, 2026 0.01%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.01%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%