DELTA AIR LINES INC DEL DAL
COM NEW · Common Stock · CUSIP 247361702 · ISIN US2473617023
Airline in the United States (1929–present)
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryAir Transportation, Scheduled
- HeadquartersAtlanta, GA
- Founded1925
- Websitede.delta.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($62.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 645.3m as of 2024-03-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $47.86. Options: 59 managers hold calls ($1.8bn notional), 50 hold puts ($1.5bn).
Trends to Q1 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 891 |
| Q4 2022 | 974 |
| Q1 2023 | 980 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,079 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,029 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,072 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,079 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 399 | 416 |
| Q1 2023 | 469 | 390 |
| Q2 2023 | 480 | 461 |
| Q3 2023 | 446 | 500 |
| Q4 2023 | 438 | 520 |
| Q1 2024 | 483 | 507 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $1.4bn | $1.3bn | 0.87 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.2bn | $964.9m | 0.78 |
| Q4 2023 | $1.4bn | $1.5bn | 1.04 |
| Q1 2024 | $1.8bn | $1.5bn | 0.80 |
Biggest buyers
| Sanders Capital, LLC | New | +21.7m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +11.6m |
| HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P | New | +6.5m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +6.2m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +3.7m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +3.0m |
| LANSDOWNE PARTNERS (UK) LLP | Added | +2.0m |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC | New | +1.5m |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | Added | +1.2m |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | Added | +1.2m |
Biggest sellers
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -2.1m |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | Sold out | -1.9m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -1.5m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -1.3m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -775.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -716.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $345.2m7.2m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $219.7m4.6m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $94.0m2.0m shares |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | $93.7m2.0m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $75.8m1.6m shares |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | New | $75.8m1.6m shares |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | New | $71.8m1.5m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $61.9m1.3m shares |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | New | $61.2m1.3m shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | $59.4m1.2m shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $192.8m4.0m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $143.1m3.0m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $117.9m2.5m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $97.1m2.0m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $85.8m1.8m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $85.6m1.8m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $74.0m1.5m shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | $70.4m1.5m shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Reduced | $50.2m1.0m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $46.3m968.1k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 13G · institution +2.6 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 8.7% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.2% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-06 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $484.3k | 4 | $3.0m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $293.1k | 1 | $1.5m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $68.4k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 1 | $496.9k | 4 | $1.7m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | $503.2k | 2 | $449.9k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.8m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | $638.4k | 1 | $427.6k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.3m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-27 | Smith Joanne D EVP & Chief People Officer | Sold | $204.9k4.9k shares |
| 2024-02-06 | Carroll William C SVP, Fin & Controller | Sold | $248.6k6.2k shares |
| 2024-02-01 | Bastian Edward H Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $2.8m71.8k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 71.5m $3.4bn | Reduced -426.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 43.0m $2.1bn | Added +3.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.05% of their portfolio | 35.6m $1.7bn | Added +11.6m |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.81% of their portfolio | 22.6m $1.1bn | Added +368.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 22.2m $1.1bn | Added +22.1k |
| Sanders Capital, LLC 1.73% of their portfolio | 21.7m $1.0bn | New |
| Capital International Investors 0.20% of their portfolio | 20.9m $1.0bn | Reduced -4.9k |
| Capital World Investors 0.12% of their portfolio | 15.0m $719.5m | Added +49.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.13% of their portfolio | 14.8m $706.5m | Added +6.2m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 14.7m $700.6m | Added +497.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 11.2m $538.2m | Added +3.7m |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 1.36% of their portfolio | 10.4m $499.1m | Unchanged |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 8.8m $422.6m | Added +454.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 8.1m $388.2m | Added +721.0k |
| GMT Capital Corp 12.74% of their portfolio | 6.8m $323.5m | Reduced -39.7k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.81% of their portfolio | 6.8m $323.4m | Added +287.8k |
| HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P 0.51% of their portfolio | 6.5m $312.9m | New |
| Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLC 9.02% of their portfolio | 5.3m $254.3m | Reduced -165.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.9m $236.0m | Added +616.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.8m $230.5m | Reduced -91.3k |
| PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 6.63% of their portfolio | 4.5m $213.3m | Unchanged |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.75% of their portfolio | 4.2m $202.3m | Reduced -56.9k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.35% of their portfolio | 3.5m $168.9m | Added +208.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.5m $166.7m | Reduced -168.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.4m $162.0m | Added +41.5k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.4m $161.0m | Added +526.5k |
| U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC 13.06% of their portfolio | 3.3m $158.7m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.3m $156.9m | Reduced -716.6k |
| LANSDOWNE PARTNERS (UK) LLP 9.34% of their portfolio | 3.0m $144.4m | Added +2.0m |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.9m $138.8m | Added +290.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.8m $136.1m | Added +541.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.19% of their portfolio | 2.5m $119.1m | Added +1.2m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.5m $117.2m | Added +121.0k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.30% of their portfolio | 2.5m $118.3m | Added +369.2k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 2.4m $115.4m | Added +124.2k |
| Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC 1.61% of their portfolio | 2.4m $113.8m | Reduced -36.9k |
| BRISTOL JOHN W & CO INC /NY/ 1.60% of their portfolio | 2.0m $93.9m | Added +1.9k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.9m $92.4m | Reduced -689.2k |
| Patient Capital Management, LLC 4.47% of their portfolio | 1.9m $91.7m | Added +3.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.9m $89.5m | Added +385.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.9m $89.4m | Added +17.7k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 1.8m $87.4m | Added +265.9k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.8m $85.8m | Reduced -9.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.7m $81.2m | Reduced -196.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $78.4m | Reduced -200.6k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 1.29% of their portfolio | 1.5m $74.0m | New |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $70.6m | Reduced -142.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $70.5m | Added +32.8k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 2.18% of their portfolio | 1.4m $66.0m | Added +694.0k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.3m $63.8m | Added +708.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $63.7m | Reduced -20.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $58.6m | Added +741.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $56.6m | Reduced -93.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $55.6m | Added +4.4k |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 1.12% of their portfolio | 1.2m $55.5m | Added +1.2m |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.44% of their portfolio | 1.1m $53.8m | Added +1.0m |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 1.1m $53.4m | Added +1.0m |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $51.4m | Reduced -59.2k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $50.6m | Added +79.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $50.5m | Reduced -72.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $48.8m | Reduced -517.3k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.0m $48.5m | Reduced -113.9k |
| CAMBIAR INVESTORS LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 1.0m $48.3m | New |
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 9.03% of their portfolio | 1.0m $47.9m | Unchanged |
| Teewinot Capital Advisers, L.L.C. 4.89% of their portfolio | 974.7k $46.7m | Added +399.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 935.0k $44.8m | Added +269.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 913.8k $43.7m | Reduced -16.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.05% of their portfolio | 895.2k $42.9m | Added +408.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 872.8k $41.8m | Added +8.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 840.5k $40.2m | Reduced -775.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 835.3k $39.9m | Added +27.9k |
| J. L. Bainbridge & Co., Inc. 4.17% of their portfolio | 817.8k $39.1m | Added +20.4k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.87% of their portfolio | 737.4k $35.6m | Reduced -78.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 737.3k $35.3m | Added +6.4k |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 729.7k $34.9m | Reduced -259.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 729.2k $34.9m | Added +219.0k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 723.6k $34.6m | Reduced -248.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.02% of their portfolio | 723.0k $34.6m | Added +98.0k |
| Calamos Advisors LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 715.9k $34.3m | Added +288.7k |
| Foundry Partners, LLC 1.77% of their portfolio | 693.6k $33.2m | Added +114.9k |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd 0.19% of their portfolio | 688.7k $33.2m | Added +76.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.07% of their portfolio | 682.8k $32.7m | Reduced -26.3k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 666.7k $31.9m | Added +653.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05% of their portfolio | 661.2k $23.1m | Added +17.1k |
| MAPLELANE CAPITAL, LLC 2.05% of their portfolio | 635.0k $30.4m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 629.5k $30.1m | Reduced -493.5k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 616.0k $29.5m | Added +458.6k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 593.5k $28.4m | Reduced -19.6k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 585.0k $28.0m | Reduced -464.3k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 1.71% of their portfolio | 584.7k $28.0m | Reduced -5.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 565.0k $27.0m | Reduced -1.3m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 562.8k $26.9m | Reduced -48.9k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 532.4k $25.5m | Reduced -2.1m |
| BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. 0.28% of their portfolio | 522.9k $24.6m | Added +121.3k |
| Interval Partners, LP 0.92% of their portfolio | 509.3k $24.4m | Added +159.1k |
| Hosking Partners LLP 0.89% of their portfolio | 504.5k $24.2m | Reduced -1.8k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.03% of their portfolio | 503.3k $24.1m | Reduced -291.6k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 499.7k $23.9m | Added +76.6k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 492.0k $23.6m | Added +58.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.02% of their portfolio | 481.7k $23.1m | Reduced -19.8k |