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Delta Air Lines (Delta Air Lines) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 13.37% (As of Mar. 2024)
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Delta Air Lines's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $52,734 Mil. Delta Air Lines's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $7,046 Mil. Delta Air Lines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 13.37%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Delta Air Lines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

DAL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -32.15   Med: 10.55   Max: 24.12
Current: 13.35

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Delta Air Lines was 24.12%. The lowest was -32.15%. And the median was 10.55%.

DAL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
78.07% of 1003 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 7.03 vs DAL: 13.35

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Delta Air Lines's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Delta Air Lines Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Delta Air Lines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.50 -31.15 3.47 6.52 13.07

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
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 7.91 9.23 11.66 13.07 13.37

Competitive Comparison

For the Airlines subindustry, Delta Air Lines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Delta Air Lines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Delta Air Lines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Delta Air Lines Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Delta Air Liness Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=6442/49298.87281
=13.07 %

Delta Air Lines's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7,046 Mil.



Delta Air Lines  (NYSE:DAL) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Delta Air Lines (Delta Air Lines) Business Description

Industry
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.
Executives
David S Taylor director THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Joanne D Smith officer: EVP & Chief HR Officer C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Steven M Sear officer: Pres. Int'l & EVP Global Sales C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Peter W Carter officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Michael P Huerta director 1800 M STREET NW SUITE 800, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Mike Spanos officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer PEPSICO, INC., 700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD, PURCHASE NY 10577
Vasant M Prabhu director C/O SAFEWAY INC, 5918 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Glen W Hauenstein officer: EVP-Network Plng & Rev Mgmt 1600 SMITH ST, HOUSTON TX 77002
William C Carroll officer: SVP, Finance & Controller C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Francis S Blake director 2455 PACES FERRY RD, ATLANTA GA 30339
Edward H Bastian officer: President and CEO NWA C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., DEPT. 981, P.O. BOX 20574, ATLANTA GA 30320
Greg Creed director 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Leslie D. Hale director 3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 1000, BETHESDA MD 20814
John E Laughter officer: EVP - Chief of Operations P.O. BOX 20574, C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC. DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Daniel C. Janki officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 5020 WESTON PARKWAY, SUITE 400, CARY NC 27513

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