DAL vs LUV
Delta AIR Lines, Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | DAL | LUV |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $63.4B | $28.1B |
| Net income | $5.0B | $441.0M |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 27.7% | 4.8% |
| Diluted EPS | $7.66 | $0.79 |
| Dividend / share | $0.68 | $0.72 |
| Payout ratio | 8.8% | 90.5% |
| Free cash flow | $3.8B | $-831.0M |
| Equity | $20.9B | $8.0B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.43× | 0.21× |
| Current ratio | 0.40× | 0.52× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 30.0% | 25.4% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | — | — |
DAL bills 2.3× the revenue of LUV, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (7.9% against 1.6%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | DAL | LUV |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $63.4B | $28.1B |
| FY2024 | $61.6B | $27.5B |
| FY2023 | $58.0B | $26.1B |
| FY2022 | $50.6B | $23.8B |
| FY2021 | $29.9B | $15.8B |
| FY2020 | $17.1B | $9.0B |
| FY2019 | $47.0B | $22.4B |
| FY2018 | $44.4B | $22.0B |
| FY2017 | $41.1B | $21.1B |
| FY2016 | $39.5B | $20.3B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | DAL | LUV |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $5.0B | $441.0M |
| FY2024 | $3.5B | $465.0M |
| FY2023 | $4.6B | $465.0M |
| FY2022 | $1.3B | $539.0M |
| FY2021 | $280.0M | $977.0M |
| FY2020 | $-12.4B | $-3.1B |
| FY2019 | $4.8B | $2.3B |
| FY2018 | $3.9B | $2.5B |
| FY2017 | $3.2B | $3.4B |
| FY2016 | $4.2B | $2.2B |
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