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How Delta Air Lines, Inc. stacks up
DAL · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
58/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #1,014 of 2,440 · scores higher than 58% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 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 · 2,323 reported | 13.5% | 7.1% | 74% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 7.4% | 7.7% | 48% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 3.8% | 3.1% | 57% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 20.1% | 8.0% | 87% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 18.7% | 25.8% | 32% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DALScores 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