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Delta Air Lines Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

Delta Air Lines's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -40.2%, while the Airlines industry saw earnings growing at 4.2% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 8.5% per year. Delta Air Lines's return on equity is 1.8%, and it has net margins of 0.2%.

Key information

-40.2%

Earnings growth rate

-39.3%

EPS growth rate

Airlines Industry Growth0.5%
Revenue growth rate-8.5%
Return on equity1.8%
Net Margin0.2%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2022

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Delta Air Lines makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

XTRA:OYC Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2246,617811,6980
30 Jun 2241,7966001,4590
31 Mar 2235,0975171,1550
31 Dec 2129,8992809530
30 Sep 2124,402-677350
30 Jun 2118,311-6,6595270
31 Mar 2112,653-13,0283550
31 Dec 2017,095-12,3856430
30 Sep 2024,561-10,5321,0360
30 Jun 2034,059-3,6571,4760
31 Mar 2045,1273,5031,9640
31 Dec 1947,0074,7672,2110
30 Sep 1946,3104,6881,9730
30 Jun 1945,7034,5141,9680
31 Mar 1944,9424,1081,9410
31 Dec 1844,4383,9351,9410
30 Sep 1843,9243,2141,9290
30 Jun 1843,0333,0521,8930
31 Mar 1842,0053,2011,8380
31 Dec 1741,1383,2051,8270
30 Sep 1740,3683,5291,7900
30 Jun 1739,7893,6281,7570
31 Mar 1739,4893,9881,7380
31 Dec 1639,4504,1951,7510
30 Sep 1639,6834,7311,6930
30 Jun 1640,3074,7871,6900
31 Mar 1640,5674,7261,6740
31 Dec 1540,7044,5261,6720

Quality Earnings: OYC has a large one-off loss of $1.2B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2022.

Growing Profit Margin: OYC became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: OYC's earnings have declined by 40.2% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: OYC has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: OYC has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Airlines industry (139.4%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: OYC's Return on Equity (1.8%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2022/12/28 04:23
End of Day Share Price 2022/09/30 00:00
Earnings2022/09/30
Annual Earnings2021/12/31

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Delta Air Lines, Inc. is covered by 45 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Lindsay BettiolAtlantic Equities LLP
Fred LowranceAvondale Partners