DELTA AIR LINES, INC. vs SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., two Airlines stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DAL and LUV diverge most: on fcf yield, DAL reads 3.7% and LUV reads -2.2%; on operating margin, DAL reads 7.2% and LUV reads 3.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LUV'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 | LUV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $82.16 | $41.65 |
| Market cap | $54.1B | $20.5B |
| Sector | Airlines | Airlines |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 16.4 | 26.4 |
| P/B | 2.40 | 2.90 |
| P/S | 0.75 | 0.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.9 | 8.7 |
| Revenue growth | +13.9% | +9.4% |
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 3.4% |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 17.4% | 11.8% |
| Return on assets | 4.6% | 2.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 6.1% |
| FCF yield | 3.7% | -2.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.54 | 0.84 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 0.49 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.85 | 7.53 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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