GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Industrials » Transportation » Delta Air Lines Inc (LIM:DAL) » Definitions » Interest Coverage
中文

Delta Air Lines (LIM:DAL) Interest Coverage : 3.00 (As of Mar. 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2021. Start your Free Trial

What is Delta Air Lines Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Delta Air Lines's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $614 Mil. Delta Air Lines's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-205 Mil. Delta Air Lines's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.00. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Delta Air Lines's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LIM:DAL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.83   Med: 15.07   Max: 21.99
Current: 7.68


LIM:DAL's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
59% of 817 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.6 vs LIM:DAL: 7.68

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Delta Air Lines Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Delta Air Lines's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

* Premium members only.

Delta Air Lines Interest Coverage Chart

Delta Air Lines Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.99 - 1.83 3.84 6.33

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
Interest Coverage 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 - 11.97 9.81 6.09 3.00

Competitive Comparison of Delta Air Lines's Interest Coverage

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Delta Air Lines's Interest Coverage falls into.



Delta Air Lines Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

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

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Delta Air Lines's Interest Expense was $-834 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5,277 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $23,539 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*5277/-834
=6.33

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Delta Air Lines's Interest Expense was $-205 Mil. Its Operating Income was $614 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $22,758 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*614/-205
=3.00

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Delta Air Lines  (LIM:DAL) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


Delta Air Lines Interest Coverage Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Delta Air Lines's Interest Coverage provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Delta Air Lines (LIM: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.