Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL)
Cash conversion cycle
| Dec 31, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of inventory on hand (DOH) | days | 12.22 | 12.11 | 12.29 | 12.00 | 11.56 | 11.98 | 12.20 | 12.09 | 10.92 | 12.69 | 12.12 | 11.53 | 12.56 | 13.78 | 17.98 | 15.41 | 14.43 | 14.76 | 16.50 | 15.08 |
| Days of sales outstanding (DSO) | days | 16.42 | 20.95 | 22.13 | 21.52 | 19.09 | 21.49 | 23.14 | 23.17 | 19.68 | 20.49 | 20.44 | 21.79 | 22.92 | 24.25 | 27.01 | 31.60 | 29.35 | 32.65 | 45.01 | 52.99 |
| Number of days of payables | days | 39.89 | 39.41 | 40.81 | 38.82 | 37.65 | 37.11 | 40.02 | 37.80 | 36.96 | 44.80 | 43.12 | 39.74 | 45.05 | 46.38 | 55.50 | 57.37 | 55.74 | 58.58 | 64.50 | 62.52 |
| Cash conversion cycle | days | -11.25 | -6.35 | -6.39 | -5.30 | -7.00 | -3.65 | -4.68 | -2.54 | -6.35 | -11.62 | -10.55 | -6.42 | -9.57 | -8.35 | -10.51 | -10.36 | -11.96 | -11.17 | -3.00 | 5.55 |
December 31, 2025 calculation
Cash conversion cycle = DOH + DSO – Number of days of payables
= 12.22 + 16.42 – 39.89
= -11.25
Peer comparison
Dec 31, 2025
Company name
Symbol
Cash conversion cycle
Delta Air Lines Inc
DAL
-11.25
Alaska Air Group Inc
ALK
0.00
American Airlines Group
AAL
13.41
JetBlue Airways Corp
JBLU
-9.02
SkyWest Inc
SKYW
-37.84
Southwest Airlines Company
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-4.21
United Airlines Holdings Inc
UAL
-37.09