Delta Air Lines DAL
NYSE DAL
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As of: Oct 15, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Delta Air Lines (DAL) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2024)

Updated

Delta Air Lines' Short-term Investments came in at $8 million for Q3 2024, down 99.6% from $2.2 billion a year earlier and down 93.5% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Delta Air Lines (DAL) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

At the end of FY2023, Delta Air Lines' Short-term Investments was $1.13 billion, down 65.5% from FY2022.

  • Short-term Investments has declined in each of the last three years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 40.9% (FY2018 to FY2023).
  • Going back by year, Short-term Investments was $3.27 billion in FY2022 (-3.5%), $3.39 billion in FY2021 (-41.5%) and $5.79 billion in FY2020.
  • The Q3 2024 figure represents the lowest quarterly Short-term Investments in data going back to Q4 2009.
  • Year-over-year, Short-term Investments has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 14.2% over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Short-term Investments over five years came in Q2 2023 (growth of 119.5%), and the weakest in Q3 2024 (a decline of 99.6%).
  • Business Quant data shows DAL's Short-term Investments at $124 million (Q2 2024), $589 million (Q1 2024) and $1.13 billion (Q4 2023) in the three quarters before Q3 2024.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 171.29 Bn 165.82 Bn -
2 Csx 90.34 Bn 86.55 Bn -
3 United Parcel Service 83.18 Bn 60.07 Bn -
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 77.13 Bn 76.15 Bn -
5 Norfolk Southern 72.86 Bn 67.50 Bn -
6 Fedex 70.02 Bn 35.97 Bn -
7 Delta Air Lines 51.16 Bn 33.34 Bn -
8 Old Dominion Freight Line 39.22 Bn 38.48 Bn -
9 United Airlines Holdings 32.92 Bn -23.46 Bn -
10 Ryanair Holdings 27.49 Bn 11.13 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2024 8.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 124.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 589.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 2.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 3.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.40 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.55 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 3.39 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 4.42 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 4.90 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 5.60 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 5.79 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 5.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 4.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 203.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 478.00 Mn
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