DELTA AIR LINES, INC. vs LATAM Airlines Group S.A., two Airlines stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DAL and LTM diverge most: on debt / equity, DAL reads 0.72 and LTM reads 0.00; on return on invested capital, DAL reads 11.7% and LTM reads 156.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DAL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (segment-resolved basis). What LTM'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 | LTM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $87.34 | $56.49 |
| Market cap | $57.5B | $16.6B |
| Sector | Airlines | Airlines |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +2.2% | — |
| P/E | 14.5 | 11.4 |
| P/B | 2.63 | 12.37 |
| P/S | 0.84 | 1.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.5 | 3.6 |
| Revenue growth | +10.2% | +34.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.2% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 16.4% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 10.3% |
| Return on equity | 21.0% | 108.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.3% | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | 156.9% |
| FCF yield | 8.5% | 11.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.42 | 0.60 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.82 | 1.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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