Delta Air Lines (Delta Air Lines) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) : $64.43 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Delta Air Lines Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)?

As of today (2024-04-27), Delta Air Lines's intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend model is $64.43.

Note: Discounted Dividend model is only suitable for companies who have a consistant distribution history. If the company's dividends does not remain steady over a long period, results may not be accurate due to the low consistency. The model is also only suitable for predictable companies (Business Predictability Rank higher than 1-Star) with dividend payments. If the company's Predictability Rank is 1-Star or Not Rated, or if the company does not pay dividend, the data will not be stored into our database.

Delta Air Lines's Predictability Rank is 1-Star. Thus, this page is only used for demonstration purposes and the DCF related results in the screener and portfolio will appear as zero.

Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based) using Discounted Dividend Model for Delta Air Lines is 22.52%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Delta Air Lines's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-DCF (Dividends Based) Ratio of Delta Air Lines was 2.02. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.21.

DAL's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) is not ranked ^*
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 0.91
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) only.

Delta Air Lines Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Delta Air Lines's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Delta Air Lines Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Delta Air Lines's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)

For the Airlines subindustry, Delta Air Lines's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based), along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Delta Air Lines's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Delta Air Lines's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Delta Air Lines's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) falls into.

Delta Air Lines Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Calculation

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend Model with default parameters. The calculation method is the same as Discounted Cash Flow model except adjusted dividend are used in the calculation instead of free cash flow. This is the default method of calculation with GuruFocus DCF calculator.

Usually a two-stage model is used in calculating the intrinsic value with discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called growth stage; the second is called the terminal stage. In the growth stage the company grows at a faster rate. Because it cannot grow at that rate forever, a lower rate is used for the terminal stage.

GuruFocus DDM calculator is a two-stage model. The default values are defined as:

1. Discount Rate: d = 11%
A reasonable discount rate assumption should be at least the long term average return of the stock market, which can be estimated from risk free rate plus risk premium of stock market. GuruFocus uses 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as the risk-free rate and rounded up to the nearest integer. It is updated daily. The current risk-free rate is 4.66%. Please go to Economic Indicators page for more information. Please note that we use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the United States as default. Then we added a risk premium of 6% to get the estimated discount rate. Some investors use their expected rate of return, which is also reasonable. A typical discount rate can be anywhere between 6% - 20%.

2. Dividend Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = 5%
The Growth Rate in the growth stage is initially set as the default 10-Year Dividend Growth Rate. In cases where the 10-year growth rate is unavailable, it defaults to using the 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate. If both the 10-year and 5-year growth rates are unavailable, the system defaults to the 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate.
However, it's important to note that there is a growth rate range. If the calculated growth rate exceeds 20%, it will be capped at 20%. Conversely, if the calculated growth rate falls below 5%, it will be adjusted to 5% to maintain a reasonable range.
=> Delta Air Lines's average Dividend Growth Rate in the past 3 years was -20.80%, which is less than 5%. GuruFocus defaults => Growth Rate: 5%

3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Dividends per Share: adjusted dividends per share = $5.5827.
GuruFocus uses adjusted dividends per share by default to ensure that the valuation reflects the total value of the company, as the actual dividend is only a portion of the total value.

All of the default settings can be changed in the DCF calculator and the results are calculated automatically.

Delta Air Lines's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) for today is calculated as:

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)	=	Dividends per Share	*	{[(1+g1)/(1+d)	+	(1+g1)^2/(1+d)^2	+	...	+	(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10]
	+	(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10	*	[(1+g2)/(1+d)	+	(1+g2)^2/(1+d)^2	+	...	+	(1+g2)^10/(1+d)^10]}

set x = (1+g1)/(1+d) = (1+0.05)/(1+0.11) = 0.94594594594595
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+0.04)/(1+0.11) = 0.93693693693694

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)

Dividends per Share

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Dividends per Share

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5.5827

11.5406

64.43

Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based)	=	(Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)	-	Current Price)	/	Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)
	=	(64.43	-	49.92)	/	64.43
	=	22.52 %

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Explanation

Unlike valuation methods such as Net Current Asset Value, Tangible Book per Share, Graham Number, Median PS Value etc, discounted Dividends model evaluates the companies based on their power of future dividend distribution instead of their assets.

Be Aware

What you need to know about Discounted Dividends model:

1. The Discounted Dividends model evaluates a company based on its future dividends distribution power
2. Dividend growth is taken into account; therefore a company with a higher dividend growth rate is worth more if everything else is the same.
3. Since we are projecting future growth, it is assumed that the company will grow at the same rate as it did during the past 10 years. Therefore this model works better for the companies with consistently steady dividends distributed.
4. The Discounted Dividends model works poorly for inconsistent dividends distributor like high growth companies.
5. Your expected return from the investment is a reasonable discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less dividends distributed.

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Delta Air Lines (Delta Air Lines) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

DAL:Peru DAL:Mexico OYC:Germany OYC:Germany DEAI34:Brazil DAL:Austria

Address

Post Office Box 20706, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30320-6001

Website

https://www.delta.com

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is one of the world's largest airlines, with a network of over 300 destinations in more than 50 countries. Delta operates a hub-and-spoke network, where it gathers and distributes passengers across the globe through its biggest hubs in Atlanta, New York, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Seattle, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Executives

David S Taylor	director	THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Joanne D Smith	officer: EVP & Chief HR Officer	C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Steven M Sear	officer: Pres. Int'l & EVP Global Sales	C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Peter W Carter	officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer	C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Michael P Huerta	director	1800 M STREET NW SUITE 800, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Mike Spanos	officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer	PEPSICO, INC., 700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD, PURCHASE NY 10577
Vasant M Prabhu	director	C/O SAFEWAY INC, 5918 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Glen W Hauenstein	officer: EVP-Network Plng & Rev Mgmt	1600 SMITH ST, HOUSTON TX 77002
William C Carroll	officer: SVP, Finance & Controller	C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Francis S Blake	director	2455 PACES FERRY RD, ATLANTA GA 30339
Edward H Bastian	officer: President and CEO NWA	C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., DEPT. 981, P.O. BOX 20574, ATLANTA GA 30320
Greg Creed	director	1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Leslie D. Hale	director	3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 1000, BETHESDA MD 20814
John E Laughter	officer: EVP - Chief of Operations	P.O. BOX 20574, C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC. DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Daniel C. Janki	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	5020 WESTON PARKWAY, SUITE 400, CARY NC 27513