Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 270 Industrials companies.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) scores 6.5 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as solid quality. The reading rests on growth, and predictability is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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The Quality Score for DAL stands at 6.5 out of 10 as of October 18, 2026, which puts Delta Air Lines, Inc. in the solid quality band. This band covers companies that do several things well but not everything, so the pillar detail below matters more than the headline. It rolls Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability into one number, each judged against the norms of its sector.
Ranked with the 270 Industrials companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 72nd percentile, in the better half of its peers. For reference, the middle of the group scores 5.6 and a company needs 6.5 to reach its top quarter, which leaves Delta Air Lines, Inc. above the median.
Profitability scores 5.2 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 262 Industrials companies is 4.9, so Delta Air Lines, Inc. is in line with its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 56th percentile. Middling returns are common and not a flaw in themselves, though they leave less slack when costs rise or demand softens.
Solvency has no score for Delta Air Lines, Inc. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median solvency score across 241 Industrials companies is 7.1. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
On growth, Delta Air Lines, Inc. scores 9.4, a strong reading. Its peers have a median of 5.4 across 216 Industrials companies, which places it well above them, at the 95th percentile. A high growth score rewards a business that is getting bigger in a way that reaches the bottom line, not just the top one.
On efficiency, Delta Air Lines, Inc. scores 7.2, a strong reading. Its peers have a median of 6.2 across 264 Industrials companies, which places it above them, at the 75th percentile. High efficiency means assets and earnings are being turned into cash and output better than at most peers, a sign of a well run operation.
Predictability scores 4.5 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 267 Industrials companies is 5.0, so Delta Air Lines, Inc. is below its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 41st percentile. Middling predictability suggests some volatility in the record, enough to read the other pillars with a little caution.
The gap between Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s best and worst pillar is wide: growth at 9.4 against predictability at 4.5, 4.9 points apart. An average of two readings this different deserves a closer look than the headline number. Leading with growth is attractive as long as the expansion is earning a decent return. Uneven results make any single year a weaker guide to the next one.
Closing the gap on predictability would do the most for the overall. At the median of Industrials companies, 5.0, Delta Air Lines, Inc. would score about 6.6 instead of 6.5. With one pillar unscored, the overall rests on 80 of the 100 weight points, spread across the four pillars that could be measured (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20).
For a fair comparison, start with companies of a similar size: the Industrials companies below are nearest to Delta Air Lines, Inc. by market value, each scored on the same pillars.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Delta Air Lines, Inc. scores 6.5 out of 10, which reads as solid quality. Its strongest pillar is growth, its weakest is predictability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. ranks at the 72nd percentile of the 270 Industrials companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.6 and the top quarter starts at 6.5, against Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s 6.5.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 18, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for DAL are in the app.
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