DELTA AIR LINES, INC. vs FEDEX CORP, two Airlines stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DAL and FDX diverge most: on current ratio, DAL reads 0.42 and FDX reads 1.48; on dividend yield, DAL reads 0.8% and FDX reads 1.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FDX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DAL | FDX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $79.91 | $311.93 |
| Market cap | $52.6B | $74.6B |
| Sector | Airlines | Airlines |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -2.6% |
| P/E | 13.3 | 16.8 |
| P/B | 2.41 | 2.36 |
| P/S | 0.77 | 0.79 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.9 | 8.7 |
| Revenue growth | +10.2% | +7.7% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 6.2% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 4.7% |
| Return on equity | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| Return on assets | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | 7.4% |
| FCF yield | 9.3% | 6.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.76 |
| Current ratio | 0.42 | 1.48 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.82 | 7.75 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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