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Delta Air Lines (WBO:DAL) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 20.11 (As of Mar. 2024)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Delta Air Lines's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3,267 Mil. Delta Air Lines's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €20,937 Mil. Delta Air Lines's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €1,203 Mil. Delta Air Lines's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 20.11.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Delta Air Lines's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:DAL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.88   Med: 2.01   Max: 9.44
Current: 3.73

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Delta Air Lines was 9.44. The lowest was -2.88. And the median was 2.01.

WBO:DAL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
61.78% of 845 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs WBO:DAL: 3.73

Delta Air Lines Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Delta Air Lines's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Delta Air Lines Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.90 -2.88 9.44 6.06 3.11

Delta Air Lines Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -26.49 2.73 3.90 2.75 20.11

Competitive Comparison

For the Airlines subindustry, Delta Air Lines's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Delta Air Lines Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Delta Air Lines's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Delta Air Lines's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Delta Air Lines Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Delta Air Lines's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3431.414 + 21585.263) / 8054.011
=3.11

Delta Air Lines's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3266.92 + 20937.36) / 1203.36
=20.11

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Delta Air Lines  (WBO:DAL) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Delta Air Lines (WBO:DAL) Business Description

Address
Post Office Box 20706, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30320-6001
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is one of the world's largest airlines, with a network of over 300 destinations in more than 50 countries. Delta operates a hub-and-spoke network, where it gathers and distributes passengers across the globe through its biggest hubs in Atlanta, New York, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Seattle, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.