Yahoo Finance Delta Air Lines (DAL) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know
Delta Air Lines (DAL) closed at $32.14 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.92% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.3% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.24%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.34%.
Heading into today, shares of the airline had lost 11.46% over the past month, lagging the Transportation sector's loss of 2.26% and the S&P 500's loss of 1.21% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Delta Air Lines as it approaches its next earnings report date. In that report, analysts expect Delta Air Lines to post earnings of $0.32 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 126.02%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $12.14 billion, up 29.87% from the prior-year quarter.
Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $5.16 per share and revenue of $56.23 billion. These totals would mark changes of +61.25% and +11.16%, respectively, from last year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Delta Air Lines. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.19% lower. Delta Air Lines is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Investors should also note Delta Air Lines's current valuation metrics, including its Forward P/E ratio of 6.36. This valuation marks a discount compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 11.24.
We can also see that DAL currently has a PEG ratio of 0.21. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. DAL's industry had an average PEG ratio of 0.35 as of yesterday's close.
The Transportation - Airline industry is part of the Transportation sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 30, putting it in the top 12% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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