Key Takeaways
- Delta Air Lines is scheduled to post its first-quarter fiscal 2025 results before the opening bell Wednesday amid rising uncertainty in the economy.
- Analysts are still largely bullish on Delta's stock, bit its shares have tumbled in recent weeks on increasing concerns about travel demand.
- Bank of America analysts said they expect Delta and other airlines to be conservative in their Q2 and full-year forecasts.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) is set to report fiscal 2025 first-quarter results before the opening bell Wednesday as analysts have 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:grown more cautious about air travel demand amid 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:rising economic uncertainty.
Analysts are largely still bullish on Delta's stock, with nine "buy" and one "hold" rating held by the analysts tracked by Visible Alpha. However, that's down from all 13 analysts with a "buy" 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:rating last quarter, an𝓡d the average price target for Delta has also declined to $67.30 from $76.85 prior to last quarter's report.
That consensus target has fallen as Delta shares have tumbled 46% to $37.25 through Friday from a record closing high of $69.06 in early February, including a nearly 11% drop during 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Thursday's tariff-fueled sell-off.
For its March quarter, Delta is projected to report adjusted 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:earnings per share (EPS) of $0.41, down 4 cents year-over-year, on revenue of $13.90 billion, up 1% from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a year ago, per Visible Alpha.
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"There is no place to hide from softening demand trends, and we expect a 1Q25 earnings season characterized by weak 2Q25 outlooks and lower 2025 earnings guidance," Bank of America analysts wrote Thursday. "The stocks have anticipated this, and we believe airlines should be conservative in outlooks given the uncertainty."
The analysts cut their price target for Delta to $56 from $65, also trimming their targets for rivals United Airlines (UAL) and American Airlines (AAL), among others. They said they expect Delta to kick off the quarterly earnings season by lowering full-year profit forecasts, with other airlines possibly following.