LATAM Airlines Group (LTM) Competitors

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and LATAM Airlines Group (NYSE:LTM) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Is DAL or LTM more profitable?

LATAM Airlines Group has a net margin of 7.60% compared to Delta Air Lines' net margin of 5.61%. LATAM Airlines Group's return on equity of 153.94% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Delta Air Lines	5.61%	30.41%	5.30%
LATAM Airlines Group	7.60%	153.94%	6.49%

Do analysts recommend DAL or LTM?

Delta Air Lines presently has a consensus target price of $61.06, indicating a potential upside of 45.38%. LATAM Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.75%. Given Delta Air Lines' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Delta Air Lines is more favorable than LATAM Airlines Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Delta Air Lines	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
LATAM Airlines Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Does the media favor DAL or LTM?

In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 45 more articles in the media than LATAM Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 0 mentions for LATAM Airlines Group. Delta Air Lines' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat LATAM Airlines Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Delta Air Lines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Delta Air Lines	Positive
LATAM Airlines Group	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DAL or LTM?

Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than LATAM Airlines Group. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LATAM Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Delta Air Lines	$61.94B	0.44	$3.46B	$5.64	7.45
LATAM Airlines Group	$12.83B	0.72	$976.97M	$2.38	12.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DAL or LTM?

Delta Air Lines received 681 more outperform votes than LATAM Airlines Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave LATAM Airlines Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Delta Air Lines	Outperform Votes 1261 76.56%	Underperform Votes 386 23.44%
LATAM Airlines Group	Outperform Votes 580 61.77%	Underperform Votes 359 38.23%

Which has more volatility and risk, DAL or LTM?

Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LATAM Airlines Group has a beta of 3.67, indicating that its share price is 267% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DAL or LTM a better dividend stock?

Delta Air Lines pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. LATAM Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Delta Air Lines pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LATAM Airlines Group pays out 19.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DAL or LTM?

69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of LATAM Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Delta Air Lines beats LATAM Airlines Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.