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How Delta Air Lines, Inc. stacks up
DAL · against 101 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
58/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #78 of 102 · scores higher than 24% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 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 · 99 reported | 13.5% | 14.0% | 48% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 103 reported | 7.4% | 14.6% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 100 reported | 3.8% | 6.1% | 23% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 96 reported | 20.1% | 18.0% | 58% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 103 reported | 18.7% | 36.1% | 12% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DAL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 2 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 2 | 81.6B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 2 | 68.5B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 5 | 89.4B USD | 98 | 57 | |
| 73 | 34.3B EUR (≈$37.8B) | 64 | 49 | |
| 75 | 35.5B USD | 63 | 58 | |
| 75 | 34.2B USD | 63 | 40 | |
| 77 | 5.85T JPY (≈$39.8B) | 60 | 62 | |
| 78 | 54.8B USD | 58 | 49 | |
| 79 | 34.8B USD | 57 | 52 | |
| 80 | 6.21T JPY (≈$42.2B) | 56 | 53 | |
| 81 | 345.9B DKK (≈$51.9B) | 55 | 47 | |
| 82 | 98.8B USD | 54 | 47 |
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