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How Delta Air Lines, Inc. stacks up
DAL · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
58/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #236 of 469 · scores higher than 49% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including DAL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 58?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Its metrics sit close to the Industrials norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.4% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.8% vs peer median 3.1%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 74% of peers. Return on invested capital: 13.5% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DAL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DAL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported | 13.5% | 8.2% | 69% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 7.4% | 8.5% | 46% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported | 3.8% | 4.4% | 46% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported | 20.1% | 11.5% | 76% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported | 18.7% | 30.1% | 22% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DAL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 230 | 274.7B USD | 59 | 55 | |
| 230 | 8.3B USD | 59 | 62 | |
| 230 | 364M USD | 59 | 71 | |
| 236 | 957M USD | 58 | 57 | |
| 236 | 54.8B USD | 58 | 49 | |
| 236 | 496M USD | 58 | 71 | |
| 239 | 12.4B USD | 57 | 36 | |
| 239 | 34.8B USD | 57 | 52 | |
| 241 | 4.4B USD | 56 | 64 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score