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Delta Air Lines (WBO:DAL) Gross Profit : €11,515 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Delta Air Lines Gross Profit?

Delta Air Lines's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €1,678 Mil. Delta Air Lines's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €11,515 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Delta Air Lines's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €1,678 Mil. Delta Air Lines's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €12,648 Mil. Therefore, Delta Air Lines's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 13.27%.

Delta Air Lines had a gross margin of 13.27% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Delta Air Lines was 31.93%. The lowest was -36.98%. And the median was 21.40%.


Delta Air Lines Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Delta Air Lines's Gross Profit 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 Gross Profit Chart

Delta Air Lines Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11,069.10 -5,195.86 -158.42 7,377.36 10,524.41

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
Gross Profit Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 801.37 3,937.52 3,373.20 2,526.34 1,678.08

Competitive Comparison of Delta Air Lines's Gross Profit

For the Airlines subindustry, Delta Air Lines's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit 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's Gross Profit Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Delta Air Lines's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Delta Air Lines's Gross Profit falls into.



Delta Air Lines Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Delta Air Lines's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=53230.016 - 42705.607
=10,524

Delta Air Lines's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=12648.16 - 10970.08
=1,678

Gross Profit 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 €11,515 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Delta Air Lines's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=1,678 / 12648.16
=13.27 %

* 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.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Delta Air Lines  (WBO:DAL) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Delta Air Lines had a gross margin of 13.27% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage


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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.