Krilogy Financial LLC Grows Position in Delta Air Lines, Inc. $DAL

Krilogy Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) by 65.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 21,252 shares of the transportation company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,381 shares during the period. Krilogy Financial LLC’s holdings in Delta Air Lines were worth $1,244,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Delta Air Lines by 7.7% during the third quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 358,870 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $20,366,000 after purchasing an additional 25,507 shares in the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of Delta Air Lines by 84.0% in the second quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 181,995 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $8,951,000 after buying an additional 83,072 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Delta Air Lines by 10.5% during the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 87,344 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $4,957,000 after buying an additional 8,309 shares during the period. Independent Advisor Alliance lifted its position in Delta Air Lines by 41.3% during the 3rd quarter. Independent Advisor Alliance now owns 53,601 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $3,042,000 after acquiring an additional 15,661 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its position in Delta Air Lines by 39.8% during the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 2,407,585 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $118,409,000 after acquiring an additional 685,312 shares in the last quarter. 69.93% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on DAL shares. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Delta Air Lines from $65.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. HSBC raised their target price on Delta Air Lines from $73.70 to $80.20 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Wolfe Research lifted their target price on Delta Air Lines from $70.00 to $83.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $81.00 price target on shares of Delta Air Lines in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Delta Air Lines in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Delta Air Lines has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $80.47.

Delta Air Lines Stock Performance

DAL stock opened at $69.50 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.40, a quick ratio of 0.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The firm has a market cap of $45.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.06, a P/E/G ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 1.37. Delta Air Lines, Inc. has a 12-month low of $34.74 and a 12-month high of $76.39. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $69.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $62.82.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 13th. The transportation company reported $1.55 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.53 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $14.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.80 billion. Delta Air Lines had a net margin of 7.90% and a return on equity of 20.99%. The firm’s revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.85 earnings per share. Delta Air Lines has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.500-0.900 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 6.500-7.500 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Delta Air Lines, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current year.

Delta Air Lines Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.1875 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 26th. This represents a $0.75 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Delta Air Lines’s dividend payout ratio is 9.78%.

Insider Activity

In other Delta Air Lines news, SVP William C. Carroll sold 5,967 shares of Delta Air Lines stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.10, for a total value of $406,352.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 7,182 shares in the company, valued at $489,094.20. The trade was a 45.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Steven M. Sear sold 38,600 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.05, for a total value of $2,896,930.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 104,404 shares in the company, valued at $7,835,520.20. The trade was a 26.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 520,550 shares of company stock valued at $37,101,667 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

About Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines is a major U.S.-based global airline that provides scheduled passenger and cargo air transportation, aircraft maintenance and repair services, and related travel products. Its operations include mainline domestic and international passenger services, a branded regional network operating under the Delta Connection name, dedicated air cargo carriage, and in-house maintenance, repair and overhaul through Delta TechOps. Delta offers a range of cabin products for different customer segments, including premium business-class service on long-haul routes and tiered economy offerings on domestic and international flights, and it markets customer loyalty benefits through the SkyMiles frequent-flyer program.

The carrier operates a mixed fleet of narrow- and wide-body aircraft from multiple U.S.