Delta Air Lines (DAL)
S&P 500 · Industrials · data since 2007-05-03 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+3.77%
7d
+1.06%
30d
-6.17%
YTD
+23.22%
1y
+57.34%
Delta Air Lines (DAL) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -5.1 | -0.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 21.6 | 13.6 | -9.2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 11.2 | -10.4 | -27.5 | -4.5 | 16.6 | 1.6 | 8.6 | 16.1 | -8.1 | 1.4 | 11.7 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | -2.7 | 8.3 | 13.3 | 4.6 | 2.1 | -7.0 | -9.0 | -1.2 | 19.5 | 13.0 | 11.5 | -5.2 |
| 2023 | 19.0 | -1.9 | -8.9 | -1.8 | 5.9 | 30.9 | -2.5 | -7.3 | -13.7 | -15.3 | 18.2 | 8.9 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 0.6 | -0.9 | 8.7 | -3.1 | -30.5 | 9.8 | -2.3 | -9.7 | 20.9 | 4.2 | -7.1 |
| 2021 | -5.6 | 26.3 | 0.7 | -2.8 | 1.6 | -9.3 | -7.8 | 1.4 | 5.4 | -8.2 | -7.5 | 8.0 |
| 2020 | -4.7 | -16.7 | -38.1 | -9.2 | -2.7 | 11.3 | -11.0 | 23.6 | -0.9 | 0.2 | 31.4 | -0.1 |
| 2019 | -0.9 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 12.9 | -11.1 | 10.2 | 8.3 | -5.2 | -0.5 | -3.7 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | -4.5 | 1.7 | -4.7 | 4.1 | -8.3 | 10.6 | 7.5 | -1.1 | -5.4 | 11.6 | -17.8 |
| 2017 | -4.0 | 6.1 | -8.0 | -1.1 | 8.6 | 9.4 | -8.2 | -3.8 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 2016 | -12.6 | 9.3 | 0.9 | -14.4 | 4.6 | -16.2 | 6.4 | -4.6 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 15.9 | 2.1 |
| 2015 | -3.8 | -5.7 | 1.0 | -0.7 | -3.7 | -4.3 | 7.9 | -1.0 | 2.5 | 13.3 | -8.4 | 9.1 |
| 2014 | 11.4 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 8.5 | -3.0 | -3.3 | 5.9 | -8.7 | 11.3 | 16.3 | 5.4 |
| 2013 | 17.0 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 13.5 | -6.8 | 19.6 | 11.8 | 10.1 | -5.2 |
| 2012 | 30.4 | -7.0 | 1.1 | 10.5 | 10.4 | -9.5 | -11.9 | -10.4 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 18.7 |
| 2011 | -7.4 | -3.7 | -12.8 | 5.9 | -2.9 | -9.0 | -14.0 | -4.6 | -0.4 | 13.6 | -4.7 | -0.4 |
| 2010 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 12.9 | -17.2 | 12.4 | -13.5 | 1.1 | -11.9 | 11.3 | 19.3 | -1.5 | -7.9 |
| 2009 | -39.8 | -27.1 | 11.9 | 9.6 | -5.8 | -0.3 | 19.7 | 4.2 | 24.1 | -20.3 | 14.7 | 39.0 |
| 2008 | 13.0 | -20.6 | -35.6 | -1.1 | -27.7 | -7.3 | 32.3 | 7.8 | -8.4 | 47.4 | -19.8 | 30.1 |
| 2007 | · | · | · | · | -8.1 | 3.4 | -9.5 | -5.3 | 6.3 | 15.9 | -5.0 | -24.6 |
| Avg | 1.4 | -1.5 | -3.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | -1.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.4% | -1.5% | -3.3% | +0.4% | +1.8% | -1.7% | +2.2% | +0.1% | +2.8% | +6.9% | +6.0% | +3.6% |
| Win rate | 47%/19 | 47%/19 | 63%/19 | 47%/19 | 60%/20 | 40%/20 | 53%/19 | 37%/19 | 53%/19 | 74%/19 | 68%/19 | 58%/19 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-81.7%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±12.6%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
54%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+47.38%
2008-10
Worst month
-39.79%
2009-01
Longest streaks
11▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines builds the big heavy things the economy runs on — with price receipts on this site going back to 2007. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2007) would be about $572 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was October 2008 at +47.38%; its worst, January 2009 at -39.79%.
- It has closed October in the green 14 out of 19 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.