Delta Air Lines Ownership | Who Owns Delta Air Lines?

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Delta Air Lines Ownership Summary

Delta Air Lines is owned by 44.39% institutional investors, 6.53% insiders, and 49.08% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.51% of DAL shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.16% of its assets in Delta Air Lines shares.

DAL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Delta Air Lines	44.39%	6.53%	49.08%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	49.74%	15.78%	34.48%
Idea	Travel Stocks List	44.93%	12.73%	42.34%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	74.55M	11.51%	$5.17B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	44.12M	6.77%	$2.93B
Blackrock	42.28M	6.61%	$2.01B
Berkshire hathaway	39.81M	6.11%	$2.65B
Sanders capital	29.47M	4.52%	$1.96B
Fmr	27.50M	4.22%	$1.83B
State street	23.46M	3.60%	$1.56B
Capital investors	20.57M	3.15%	$1.37B
Harris associates l p	18.00M	2.76%	$1.20B
Geode capital management	17.97M	2.76%	$1.20B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Gmt capital	4.42M	13.42%	$294.05M
Gallagher fiduciary advisors	3.84M	9.91%	$255.23M
U s global investors	1.17M	9.08%	$77.90M
Lansdowne partners (uk) llp	2.49M	8.85%	$165.26M
Clearfield capital management lp	197.80K	7.00%	$13.15M
Par capital management	3.51M	6.77%	$233.64M
Arrow capital pty	100.00K	6.32%	$6.32M
Teewinot capital advisers	883.26K	3.90%	$50.13M
Family office research	109.02K	3.15%	$7.25M
Candlestick capital management lp	2.26M	3.12%	$128.54M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Berkshire hathaway	39.81M	1.01%	39.81M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	3.66M	0.06%	3.66M
Bank of new york mellon	12.27M	0.15%	2.77M
Aqr capital management	8.44M	0.25%	2.28M
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	2.62M	0.08%	1.48M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	4.19M	0.05%	-9.62M
Kingstone capital partners texas	-	-	-7.86M
Capital world investors	3.22M	0.03%	-5.18M
Capital investors	20.57M	0.32%	-3.64M
Pacer advisors	-	-	-2.67M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Berkshire hathaway	39.81M	1.01%	39.81M	$2.65B
Vanguard fiduciary trust	3.66M	0.06%	3.66M	$243.24M
Vanguard global advisers	1.42M	0.05%	1.42M	$94.19M
Norges bank	1.25M	0.01%	1.25M	$86.93M
Zacks investment management	1.08M	0.58%	1.08M	$71.73M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Westend capital management	-1.00
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Innealta capital	-1.00
Koesten, hirschmann & crabtree	-1.00
Northwest capital management	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	994	-28.64%	289,432,196	-47.92%	44	0.60%	544	-25.07%	265	-31.70%
Dec 31, 2025	1,119	-14.19%	418,250,629	-21.39%	64	0.96%	577	-8.41%	321	-15.97%
Sep 30, 2025	1,241	-1.35%	530,286,443	-0.93%	81	1.20%	598	-5.53%	362	-6.70%
Jun 30, 2025	1,247	3.83%	532,759,019	0.29%	82	1.21%	627	8.48%	383	2.68%
Mar 31, 2025	21	-98.38%	13,698,379	-97.41%	2	0.03%	9	-98.56%	6	-98.51%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	20.74M	3.16%	86.97K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	20.41M	3.13%	14.34K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	18.25M	2.80%	125.24K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	16.54M	2.52%	-141.90K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	14.11M	2.15%	-83.02K
American Funds Washington Mutual A	14.09M	2.14%	-
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp	14.09M	2.14%	-
Vanguard Windsor II Inv	10.26M	1.56%	-736.40K
Vanguard PRIMECAP Inv	9.44M	1.44%	-26.85K
Oakmark Investor	8.47M	1.29%	-434.00K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 07, 2026	BELLEMARE ALAIN	EVP & Pres. - International	Sell	$1.50M
Apr 14, 2026	Laughter John E	EVP & Chief of Operations	Sell	$1.07M
Apr 10, 2026	Laughter John E	EVP & Chief of Operations	Sell	$4.72M
Feb 26, 2026	Bastian Edward H	Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$7.03M
Feb 09, 2026	Sear Steven M	EVP - Global Sales & Distrib	Sell	$2.90M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	3
2026 Q1	-	17
2025 Q4	-	2
2025 Q3	-	7
2025 Q2	-	-

DAL Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Delta Air Lines?

Delta Air Lines’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (74.55M shares, 11.51%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (44.12M shares, 6.77%), and Blackrock (42.28M shares, 6.61%). Together, they hold 24.88% of Delta Air Lines’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Delta Air Lines?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.61% of Delta Air Lines, totaling 42.28M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.05% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 2.01B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -762K shares, a -1.77% change.

Who is Delta Air Lines’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Gmt capital is Delta Air Lines’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 13.42% of its assets in 4.42M Delta Air Lines shares, valued at 294.05M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Delta Air Lines shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Delta Air Lines shares, with 3.16% of its total shares outstanding invested in 20.74M Delta Air Lines shares.

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