Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.700-1.000 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.770. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.7 billion-$15.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.2 billion. Delta Air Lines also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 7.350- EPS.

Delta Air Lines Stock Up 0.6 %

NYSE DAL opened at $61.52 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 0.39 and a quick ratio of 0.34. The firm has a market cap of $39.70 billion, a PE ratio of 8.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.35. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $62.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $51.73. Delta Air Lines has a one year low of $36.34 and a one year high of $67.50.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 10th. The transportation company reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.52 by ($0.02). Delta Air Lines had a net margin of 7.71% and a return on equity of 29.93%. The company had revenue of $15.68 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.65 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.03 earnings per share. Delta Air Lines’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Delta Air Lines will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on DAL shares. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $88.00 price objective on shares of Delta Air Lines in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on Delta Air Lines from $58.00 to $72.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Delta Air Lines from $55.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Delta Air Lines from $68.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Finally, BNP Paribas upgraded Delta Air Lines to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $77.06.

Insider Transactions at Delta Air Lines

In other Delta Air Lines news, CEO Edward H. Bastian sold 68,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.33, for a total value of $3,830,440.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 439,819 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,775,004.27. This trade represents a 13.39 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Allison C. Ausband sold 7,510 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $62.62, for a total value of $470,276.20. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 58,897 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,688,130.14. This trade represents a 11.31 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 136,809 shares of company stock worth $7,871,765 over the last three months. 0.96% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines, Inc provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its domestic network centered on core hubs in Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, and Salt Lake City, as well as coastal hub positions in Boston, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, and Seattle; and international network centered on hubs and market presence in Amsterdam, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Sao Paulo, Seoul-Incheon, and Tokyo.