Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, airline operator Delta Air Lines
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Delta's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Delta facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Atlanta (1924) |
| Market Cap | $8.9 billion |
| Industry | Airlines |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $35.8 billion |
| Management | CEO Richard Anderson (since 2007) CFO Hank Halter (since 2008) |
| Return on Capital (average, past 3 years) | 7.8% |
| Cash/Debt | $3.9 billion / $13.5 billion |
| Competitors |
AMR Deutsche Lufthansa United Continental Holdings |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 42% of the 930 members who have rated Delta believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, addikt06, cautioned Fools about getting too excited over Delta's recent move into oil refining:
Expensive stock in volatile industry and an even more volatile economy ... also I am not convinced by this massive investment in a refinery -- [in my opinion] this would work out well if a) Delta had the know how to run a refinery b) demand was high ... but in this volatile industry demand is as random as it can get and if I am reading this right the consumer is going to be hurting again so in the short term this stock is going down going down.
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