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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.08%, compared with a TTM value of 0.08% through Dec 2025, up 2.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.08%, up 2.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.08% for Q4 2025 at Delta Air Lines, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.14% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.28% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.04%, with a median of 0.07% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Sales hit 481bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -22bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.04% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 243bps to 0.06% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 132bps to 0.14% in 2023, then crashed by -62bps to 0.05% in 2024, then soared by 41bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for DAL at 0.08% in Q4 2025, 0.08% in Q3 2025, and 0.13% in Q2 2025.