Delta Air Lines, Inc [NYSE: DAL] gained 3.88% or 2.58 points to close at $69.06 with a heavy trading volume of 7778375 shares.
The daily chart for DAL points out that the company has recorded 73.39% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 7.76M shares, DAL reached to a volume of 7778375 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Delta Air Lines, Inc [DAL]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for DAL shares is $82.95 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on DAL stock is a recommendation set at 1.32. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
TD Cowen have made an estimate for Delta Air Lines, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on January 13, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on November 26, 2024, representing the official price target for Delta Air Lines, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $83, while Goldman analysts kept a Buy rating on DAL stock. On November 12, 2024, analysts increased their price target for DAL shares from 59 to 75.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Delta Air Lines, Inc is set at 2.03, with the Price to Sales ratio for DAL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.72. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.27, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.02. Price to Free Cash Flow for DAL in the course of the last twelve months was 35.82 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.32.
Trading performance analysis for DAL stock
Delta Air Lines, Inc [DAL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.08. With this latest performance, DAL shares gained by 16.91% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 73.39% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 73.69% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for DAL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 63.09, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 64.67, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.84 for Delta Air Lines, Inc [DAL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 63.84, while it was recorded at 67.96 for the last single week of trading, and 52.68 for the last 200 days.
Delta Air Lines, Inc [DAL]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Delta Air Lines, Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.32 and a Current Ratio set at 0.37.
Delta Air Lines, Inc [DAL]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for DAL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Delta Air Lines, Inc go to 14.52%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Delta Air Lines, Inc [DAL]
There are presently around $80.87%, or 81.09%% of DAL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of DAL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 71.98 million shares, which is approximately 11.2474%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 42.28 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$2.01 billion in DAL stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.29 billion in DAL stock with ownership which is approximately 4.2332%.
