Delta Air Lines Q2 EPS Forecast Lowered by Seaport Res Ptn

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Delta Air Lines in a report released on Tuesday, April 8th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst D. Mckenzie now anticipates that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $1.65 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.75. The consensus estimate for Delta Air Lines’ current full-year earnings is $7.63 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Delta Air Lines’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.75 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.67 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.50 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.50 EPS.

DAL has been the topic of several other reports. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on Delta Air Lines from $80.00 to $50.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Dbs Bank downgraded shares of Delta Air Lines from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. UBS Group cut shares of Delta Air Lines from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $77.00 to $42.00 in a research report on Monday. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Delta Air Lines from $80.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Delta Air Lines from $80.00 to $58.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $61.06.

Delta Air Lines Trading Up 3.9 %

Shares of DAL stock opened at $40.88 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 0.32 and a current ratio of 0.37. Delta Air Lines has a fifty-two week low of $34.74 and a fifty-two week high of $69.98. The company has a market cap of $26.43 billion, a PE ratio of 7.67, a P/E/G ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.23. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $52.37 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $57.69.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 9th. The transportation company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.84 by ($0.38). Delta Air Lines had a return on equity of 30.41% and a net margin of 5.61%. The firm had revenue of $12.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.85 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.45 EPS. The business’s revenue was down 5.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Delta Air Lines

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Donoghue Forlines LLC bought a new position in shares of Delta Air Lines during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,036,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Delta Air Lines by 2.8% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 15,501,936 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $789,452,000 after acquiring an additional 416,338 shares in the last quarter. Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Delta Air Lines in the fourth quarter worth $3,593,000. Global Financial Private Client LLC increased its stake in Delta Air Lines by 562.0% in the fourth quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 11,260 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $681,000 after purchasing an additional 9,559 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BluePath Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Delta Air Lines by 23.9% in the fourth quarter. BluePath Capital Management LLC now owns 23,657 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,540,000 after purchasing an additional 4,567 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.93% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Delta Air Lines

In other news, EVP Rahul D. Samant sold 38,023 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $64.89, for a total transaction of $2,467,312.47. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 52,789 shares in the company, valued at $3,425,478.21. This represents a 41.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP William C. Carroll sold 8,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.02, for a total transaction of $554,568.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 19,756 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,304,291.12. The trade was a 29.83 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 162,886 shares of company stock valued at $11,116,463. 0.96% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Delta Air Lines Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 27th were issued a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 27th. Delta Air Lines’s payout ratio is presently 11.26%.

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.