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The Driving Force Behind Delta Air Lines' Stock Surge

This overnight we watched Delta Air Lines rise 3.6% to a price of $40.34 per share. The large-cap Airlines company is now trading -24.56% below its average target price of $53.47. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $43.0 to $77.0 per share for Delta Air Lines, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.9%, and a short ratio of 1.57. The company's insiders own 0.34% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 69.9% of Delta Air Lines's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Delta Air Lines

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 11% 72,099,915 $2,908,510,582
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 6% 37,761,271 $1,523,289,677
2023-09-30 Primecap Management Company 3% 22,249,768 $897,555,644
2023-09-30 State Street Corporation 3% 21,751,727 $877,464,670
2023-09-30 Capital International Investors 3% 19,247,646 $776,450,042
2023-09-30 Capital World Investors 2% 14,901,306 $601,118,686
2023-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 13,806,711 $556,962,723
2023-09-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 10,839,122 $437,250,183
2023-09-30 Newport Trust Company, LLC 2% 10,425,433 $420,561,968
2023-09-30 FMR, LLC 2% 9,727,038 $392,388,714

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Delta Air Lines.

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