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

Delta Air Lines' (DAL) quarterly Short-term Investments came in at $8.0 million in Q3 2024, down 99.64% on a YoY basis from $2.2 billion in Q4 2023, and down 93.55% quarter-over-quarter from $124.0 million in Q2 2024.

Analysis

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

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has reported Short-term Investments for 15 consecutive years, with $8.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2024.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2024, Short-term Investments fell 99.64% year-over-year to $8.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2024 stood at $8.0 million (down 99.64% YoY), and the FY2023 full-year result was $1.1 billion, down 65.51% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments declined to $8.0 million in Q3 2024 per DAL's latest filing, from $124.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Short-term Investments topped out at $5.8 billion in Q4 2020 and bottomed at $8.0 million in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Short-term Investments has averaged $2.9 billion across 5 years, with a median of $3.3 billion in 2021.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Short-term Investments soared 119.5% in 2023, then plunged 99.64% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Short-term Investments stood at $5.8 billion in 2020, then tumbled by 41.51% to $3.4 billion in 2021, then fell by 3.48% to $3.3 billion in 2022, then slumped by 65.51% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then sank by 99.29% to $8.0 million in 2024.
  • According to Business Quant data, Short-term Investments over the past three periods registered $8.0 million, $124.0 million, and $589.0 million for Q3 2024, Q2 2024, and Q1 2024 respectively.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 52.35 Bn 47.68 Bn 19.07 Bn
2 Ryanair Holdings 27.93 Bn 24.00 Bn -
3 Southwest Airlines 20.05 Bn 16.26 Bn 7.33 Bn
4 Copa Holdings 5.42 Bn 4.16 Bn 1.03 Bn
5 Alaska Air 4.52 Bn 1.86 Bn 3.76 Bn
6 Skywest 3.74 Bn 3.14 Bn 1.01 Bn
7 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 2.25 Bn 1.21 Bn -
8 Allegiant Travel 2.14 Bn 1.08 Bn 902.77 Mn
9 Jetblue Airways 1.65 Bn -372.51 Mn 2.32 Bn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.34 Bn 384.76 Mn -
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