An analyst sees good growth prospects for Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL)

With 9.65 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 10.14 million shares. The 52-week range on DAL shows that it touched its highest point at $49.81 and its lowest point at $30.60 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.89. With its current market cap of 27.70 billion, DAL has annualized dividend of $0.30 while the current yield stands at 0.70%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.43.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of DAL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.65%, but this was up by 7.62% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 4.41% while six-month performance rose 8.87%. The stock gained 21.40% in the past year, while it has gained 7.03% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DAL yields 7.16 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.50. For the next quarter, that number is 0.35. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.17% for this year and 16.29% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 20.12% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 4.80%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 643.45 million DAL shares are outstanding with a float of 640.67 million shares on hand for trading. On Feb 29, 2024, short shares totaled 14.76 million, which was 2.29% higher than short shares on Jan 31, 2024. In addition to AAL as the firm’s American Airlines Group, Inc., DAL serves as its Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 70.46% of DAL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DAL since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.