DELTA AIR LINES, INC. vs Pacific Airport Group, two Airlines stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DAL and PAC diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), DAL reads +3.7% and PAC reads -0.1%; on debt / equity, DAL reads 0.72 and PAC reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DAL price has a different growth bar priced in than PAC (+3.7% implied for DAL vs -0.1% for PAC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DAL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (segment-resolved basis). What PAC'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 | PAC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $87.42 | $217.07 |
| Market cap | $57.5B | $11.0B |
| Sector | Airlines | Airlines |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +3.7% | -0.1% |
| P/E | 14.5 | 26.1 |
| P/B | 2.64 | 9.13 |
| P/S | 0.84 | 6.69 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.5 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | +10.2% | +31.7% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 44.8% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 26.4% |
| Return on equity | 21.0% | 36.0% |
| Return on assets | 5.3% | 10.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | 44.8% |
| FCF yield | 8.5% | 7.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.42 | 0.85 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.82 | 3.63 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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