DELTA AIR LINES, INC. vs JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP, two Airlines stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DAL and JBLU diverge most: on operating margin, DAL reads 9.4% and JBLU reads -5.2%; on net margin, DAL reads 6.7% and JBLU reads -9.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DAL | JBLU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $79.91 | $4.41 |
| Market cap | $52.6B | $1.7B |
| Sector | Airlines | Airlines |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 13.3 | — |
| P/B | 2.41 | 1.04 |
| P/S | 0.77 | 0.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.9 | 58.1 |
| Revenue growth | +10.2% | +4.0% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | -5.2% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | -9.3% |
| Return on equity | 21.0% | -55.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.3% | -5.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | -4.4% |
| FCF yield | 9.3% | -65.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 5.34 |
| Current ratio | 0.42 | 0.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.82 | 6.46 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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