Delta Air Lines DAL
NYSE DAL
$81.09 -2.21 (-2.65%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Delta Air Lines (DAL) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2023)

Delta Air Lines' (DAL) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $218.0 million in Q4 2023, up 37.11% YoY from $159.0 million in Q4 2022, and down 27.09% on a QoQ basis from $299.0 million in Q3 2023.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 8 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $218.0 million in Q4 2023.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 37.11% year-over-year to $218.0 million in Q4 2023, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2023 was $661.0 million (up 24.48% YoY) and the FY2023 annual result came in at $661.0 million, up 24.48% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation eased to $218.0 million in Q4 2023, from $299.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $1.6 billion in Q4 2021 to a low of -$64.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $242.3 million and a median of $183.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Share-based Compensation jumped 10413.33% — and 2022, when it slumped 114.64%.
  • Tracing DAL's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $5.0 million in 2019, then surged by 200.0% to $15.0 million in 2020, then jumped by 10413.33% to $1.6 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 89.92% to $159.0 million in 2022, then surged by 37.11% to $218.0 million in 2023.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $218.0 million (Q4 2023), $299.0 million (Q3 2023), and -$64.0 million (Q2 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Stock Comp. (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.01 Bn 48.34 Bn 19.07 Bn -
2 Ryanair Holdings 28.78 Bn 25.56 Bn - 2.67 Mn
3 Southwest Airlines 19.50 Bn 15.71 Bn 7.33 Bn 11.00 Mn
4 Copa Holdings 5.30 Bn 4.04 Bn 1.03 Bn -
5 Alaska Air 4.46 Bn 1.80 Bn 3.76 Bn 96.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.98 Bn 3.38 Bn 1.01 Bn -
7 Jetblue Airways 1.79 Bn -232.60 Mn 2.32 Bn 19.00 Mn
8 Allegiant Travel 1.75 Bn 695.62 Mn 902.77 Mn -
9 Frontier Group Holdings 1.33 Bn 373.12 Mn - 4.00 Mn
10 Republic Airways Holdings 843.32 Mn 565.72 Mn 487.40 Mn -

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2023 218.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 218.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 299.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 299.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -64.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -64.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 208.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 208.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 159.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 159.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 48.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 48.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -35.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -35.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 359.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 359.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.58 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 277.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 277.00 Mn