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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines' Return on Sales history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.02% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.07%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.08%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.02% in Q1 2026 per DAL's latest filing, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.14% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.1% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.05%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 18bps in 2022, then fell -9bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.06% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 132bps to 0.14% in 2023, then crashed by -62bps to 0.05% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 41bps to 0.08% in 2025, then crashed by -124bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAL's Return on Sales are 0.02% (Q1 2026), 0.08% (Q4 2025), and 0.08% (Q3 2025).