Delta Air Lines vs FedEx
DAL and FDX side by side, both in air transportation, scheduled, and air courier. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How DAL and FDX compare
FedEx is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Delta Air Lines ($72.8B against $52.7B).
On earnings, Delta Air Lines is cheaper: it trades at 16.0× trailing earnings, against 16.6× for FedEx.
Delta Air Lines grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.1% versus 7.7% for FedEx).
FedEx keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.7% compared with 4.6% at Delta Air Lines.
Both pay dividends: Delta Air Lines yields 1.0% and FedEx 1.7%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | DAL | FDX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $52.7B | $72.8B |
| Share price | $80.15 | $307.82 |
| Change, 1 year | 36.4% | 23.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 81.0% | 26.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.28 | 0.97 |
| Employees | 103K | 452K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 16.0× (better) | 16.6× |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 0.8× |
| P/B | 2.3× | 2.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.8× (better) | 8.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 14.2× |
| PEG | 0.29 (better) | 2.67 |
| FCF yield | – | 7.0% |
| Fair value | $71.35 | $277.79 |
| Margin of safety | −12.3% | −10.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 14.1% (better) | 7.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 30.0% (better) | 2.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −28.9% | 8.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −29.4% | 10.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −0.94% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 7.4% (better) | 5.8% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 4.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 5.4% |
| Return on equity | 15.9% (better) | 14.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.2% (better) | 9.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.54 (better) | 0.81 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.06 (better) | 1.26 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 1.48 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.50 | 2.53 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 1.7% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 15.7% | 31.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.0% | 17.4% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.0% | 2.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 88.3% | 80.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.55% | 8.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$122M | −$20.2M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.9% | 2.5% |
Go deeper
- DAL stock overview
- DAL income statement
- DAL valuation and score
- FDX stock overview
- FDX income statement
- FDX valuation and score
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